This Slavery
$45.03
- Paperback
360 pages
- Release Date
25 March 2026
Summary
When the Lancashire cotton-mill that employs them burns to the ground, sisters Rachel and Hester Martin are each forced to find their own way to survive in the harsh realities of pre-war industrial Britain. The contrasting paths they take in their quest for domestic autonomy form a subtly strident allegory of the all but insurmountable barriers of class and gender that then enslaved half the population. Part compelling narrative epic, part fiery Marxist-feminist polemic, this faithful, sumptuous, and revelatory adaptation by the award-winning Rickard Sisters reclaims a lost classic by holding it up as a mirror to our own hard times, and as a gloriously flaming beacon to future communities to offer strength, hope, and dignity.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781914224355 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1914224353 |
| Author: | Scarlett Rickard, Sophie Rickard, Ethel Carnie Holdsworth |
| Publisher: | SelfMadeHero |
| Imprint: | SelfMadeHero |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 360 |
| Release Date: | 25 March 2026 |
| Weight: | 952g |
| Dimensions: | 170mm x 240mm |
Critics Review
Many truths apply to exploitation as much now as then… An author who still has something to say has been proudly restored to topicality by Scarlett and Sophie Rickard. * The Slings & Arrows *
Righteously strident, passionately polemical and powerfully enraging, engaging, this never-more-timely tale of the eternal injustice and biologically apologist is superbly readable, dramatically enticing and should be compulsory viewing for all - as long as we don’t force anyone… * Now Read This! *
Scarlett Rickard
Ethel Carnie Holdsworth (1886–1962), a writer, feminist and activist from Lancashire, was the first working-class woman to have a novel published in Britain. She had at least ten novels published and wrote ‘This Slavery’ in 1925.
The Rickard Sisters are graphic novelists from the same Lancashire cotton-country as Ethel Holdsworth, and have collaborated on adapting a series of early 20th-century political novels in their own lavish trademark style including ‘The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists’ and ‘No Surrender’. Scarlett is the artist and Sophie is the writer, and despite living 200 miles apart, they work closely together to perfect the development of these rich, vibrant, and inspirational books.
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