Author: Soniah Kamal

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Publication Date: January 22, 2019

Media Type: Book, Novel

Types of Queerness: Social Class, Economic Class, Race, and Defiance of Societal Expectations

Summary: A scandal and vicious rumor concerning the Binat family have destroyed their fortune and prospects for desirable marriages, but Alys, the second and most practical of the five Binat daughters, has found happiness teaching English literature to schoolgirls. Knowing that many of her students won’t make it to graduation before dropping out to marry and have children, Alys teaches them about Jane Austen and her other literary heroes and hopes to inspire the girls to dream of more.

Identifiers:

ISBN: 9780525486480

Library of Congress System Classification: PS 3611.A4643 U56 2020