An Unconventional Wife, 9781922310767
Paperback
Defying Victorian expectations: A woman’s fight for love and identity.

An Unconventional Wife

the life of julia sorell arnold

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  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    3 May 2021

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Summary

Julia Sorell: Defying Expectations in a Conventional World

The page-turning biography of an Australian woman who refused to bend to the expectations of her husband and her time. Julia Sorell was an original. A colonial belle from Tasmania, vivacious and warm-hearted, Julia’s marriage to Tom Arnold in 1850 propelled her into one of the most renowned families in England and into a circle that included Lewis Carroll and George Eliot. Her eldest daughter became a bestselling novelist, w…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781922310767
ISBN-10:192231076X
Author:Mary Hoban
Publisher:Scribe Publications
Imprint:Scribe Publications
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:3 May 2021
Weight:330g
Dimensions:208mm x 135mm x 24mm
About The Author

Mary Hoban

Mary Hoban is a Melbourne-based writer and historian. Her first book was a history of Melbourne’s celebrated Queen Victoria Market. She has also authored, co-authored, and edited various textbooks, papers, and journal articles in Australian and Asian history and cultural studies. For some years she was employed in the Philatelic section of Australia Post as a writer, editor, and researcher for the nation’s postage stamps, where she wrote and edited books on subjects ranging from Christmas Island to the Antarctic, from royalty to rugby. In 2012 she was awarded the inaugural Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship to write the biography of Julia Sorrell Arnold.

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