Fanny
by Edmund White · August 14, 2003
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Fanny Trollope, mother of the novellist Anthony, begins to write a biography of her old friend Frances Wright, the Scottish radical and feminist. The 'biography' soon degenerates into a settling of scores with Fanny Wright and wild digressions on the misadventures of Mrs Trollope's own family.
Fiction, historicalFictionFiction, historical, generalWomen social reformersScotsFeministsLiteratura norte-americana