The Type-Writer Girl

by Grant Allen

Book Overview

Juliet Appleton is an officer's daughter who is forced to make her own way in the world after her father's death. Having been trained in typewriting and shorthand, she obtains employment at a law office, only to find that she cannot bear to work with her unpleasant colleagues and employer. Juliet possesses some of the characteristics of the infamous "New Woman": she has attended Girton College, she smokes cigarettes, and she travels the countryside...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1551115298
• ISBN13: 9781551115290
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Broadview Press Inc
• Length: 139 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Slice of life

This is a rather amusing story that falls along convention fiction patterns--at least until the end. Though the novel does address the concerns and fears of young, well-bred English women thrust into the workplace, I question whether Grant Allen wrote this book to poke fun at the working girl, or sympathizes with her. All in all, The Type-writer Girl is a quick, easy read--so don't let the publication date fool you, not every "old" book is written in the florid manner of Dickens or James.