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Cowden Clarke, Mary.
The Girlhood of Shakespeare’s Heroines; A Series of Fifteen Tales.
Publisher: Bickers and Son; London;
Date of Publication: 1887
Stock Code: 11661
“New edition, condensed by her sister”. Octavo, pp. vi, [2], 456. Illustrated with 9 photographic plates. Bound in red publisher’s pictorial cloth embossed in gilt, with gilt titles to spine, and all edges gilt. With a late nineteenth century gift inscription to front free end-paper. Cloth and contents clean and tight with bright gilt. Creased to spine-tips and minor wear to corners. An attractively bound copy of this pivotal work by Victorian Shakespeare scholar Mary Clarke Cowden. Imagining the background story of Shakespeare’s women, the narratives were groundbreaking in their portrayal of free-spirited women, addressing a number of women's issues which were not spoken of at the time including sexual assault and post-natal depression. £85.00