{"product_id":"9781906469511","title":"Sowing the Wind","description":"St John Aylott's life is in turmoil. With his social status already under threat, even his virtuous wife Isola is questioning his authority. Influenced by her tomboyish cousin, journalist Jane Osborn, who provides female solidarity and strong opinions, Isola fights to assert her subjectivity over a tyrannical husband; meanwhile Jane is forced to adjust to the masculine world of work on a daily newspaper.\u003cp\u003eSowing the Wind was Eliza Lynn Linton's first critically successful novel. Written during the breakdown of her marriage, it is openly, and often painfully, autobiographical. With its themes of inheritance, concealed identity, madness, and domestic violence, Linton's novel epitomises the sensation genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Athenaeum reviewer concluded: \"The primary idea of the book is ingenious, and it is consistently kept in view throughout the narrative. We recommend readers in search of an uncommon novel to send for Sowing the Wind.\" The Saturday Review was terrified by the \"dark hints of what would happen if women, instead of men, had the making of the laws\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition includes a critical introduction, explanatory footnotes, bibliography, and additional contextual material.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Victorian Secrets","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039486263536,"sku":"9781906469511","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781906469511_p0.jpg?v=1763616481","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781906469511","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}