Book Cover A Mad, Wicked Folly

A Mad, Wicked Folly

of Sharon Biggs Waller (Goodreads Author)

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3.85 (4616 reviews)
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Description

Welcome to the world of the fabulously wealthy in London, 1909, where dresses and houses are overwhelmingly opulent, social class means everything, and women are taught to be nothing more than wives and mothers. Into this world comes seventeen-year-old Victoria Darling, who wants only to be an artist—a nearly impossible dream for a girl.            After Vicky poses nude for her illicit art class, she is expelled from her French finishing school. Shamed and scandalized, her parents try to marry her off to the wealthy Edmund Carrick-Humphrey. But Vicky has other things on her mind: her clandestine application to the Royal College of Art; her participation in the suffragette movement; and her growing attraction to a working-class boy who may be her muse—or may be the love of her life. As the world of debutante balls, corsets, and high society obligations closes in around her, Vicky is torn. Just how much is she willing to sacrifice to pursue her dreams?

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Fiction Historical Fiction Young Adult Historical Romance Fiction Feminism Teen Art Young Adult Historical Fiction Audiobook

Main Characters

Victoria Darling William Fletcher

Book Details

  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 431 pages
  • Publisher Viking Books for Young Readers
  • Publication Date January 23rd 2014
  • First Publication Not informed
  • Language English
  • ISBN 9780670014682
  • Edition Not informed
  • Category Other
  • Scenario ['London, England']

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