Title Martha Quest / Doris Lessing

Published London : Hart-Davis,MacGibbon, [1977,] [1964] London : Hart-Davis,MacGibbon, 1977 ©1964 1977 [1977,]

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB	820.914 L63925 A6/Mar/1977		AVAILABLE

Description 297 pages ; 21cm regular print Series Children of violence ; bk.1 Children of violence ; v. 1 Lessing, Doris, 1919-2013. Children of violence ; v. 1 Lessing, Doris, 1919-2013. Children of violence ; bk.1 Summary Intelligent, sensitive, and fiercely passionate, Martha Quest is a young woman living on a farm in Africa, feeling her way through the torments of adolescence and early womanhood. She is a romantic idealistic in revolt against the puritan snobbery of her parents, trying to live to the full with every nerve, emotion, and instinct laid bare to experience. For her, this is a time of solitary reading, daydreams, dancing - and the first disturbing encounters with sex Notes First published 1952 First published [London] : Granada Publishing Limited, ©1952 Paperback version [London] : Panther Books Limited, 1966 Subject British -- Africa, Southern -- Fiction. British -- Africa, Southern. English fiction -- 20th century. Families -- Zimbabwe -- Fiction. Families -- Zimbabwe. Quest, Martha (Fictitious character) Quest, Martha (Fictitious character) -- Fiction Teenage girls -- Fiction. Teenage girls -- Juvenile fiction. Teenage girls. Women -- Africa -- Fiction. Women -- Africa. Women -- Zimbabwe -- Fiction. Women -- Zimbabwe. Young women -- Fiction. Young women. SUBJECT Africa, Southern http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001653 -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562 Africa, Southern. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001653 Zimbabwe -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116818 Zimbabwe. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80089993 Genre/Form Psychological fiction. Fiction. Author Lessing, Doris, 1919-2013. Children of violence. ISBN 0246109068

Other Titles Children of violence. Book one

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