Edith Ayrton Zangwill – författare

Edith Ayrton Zangwill’s 1924 novel The Call is widely regarded as one of the most important suffrage novels of the early 20th century. Including authoritative notes and commentary throughout, this is the first comprehensive scholarly edition of the novel.The Call tells the story of a young chemist, Ursula Winfield, who comes of age in the years before the start of the First World War. Confronted by the gross injustices faced by women and the working class in early 20th-century Britain, she is drawn inexorably and with increasing militancy into the suffragette movement. The story charts the conflict between her political commitments and her personal life as the Great War approaches.Alongside the definitive text of the novel, this edition also includes contextual historical documents – from contemporary reviews of the novel to newspaper coverage of the suffragette movement – and critical chapters by leading scholars exploring the world of the novel.

Edith Ayrton Zangwill''s 1924 novel The Call is widely regarded as one of the most important suffrage novels of the early 20th century. Including authoritative notes and commentary throughout, this is the first comprehensive scholarly edition of the novel. The Call tells the story of a young chemist, Ursula Winfield, who comes of age in the years before the start of the First World War. Confronted by the gross injustices faced by women and the working class in early 20th-century Britain, she is drawn inexorably and with increasing militancy into the suffragette movement. The story charts the conflict between her political commitments and her personal life as the Great War approaches. Alongside the definitive text of the novel, this edition also includes contextual historical documents – from contemporary reviews of the novel to newspaper coverage of the suffragette movement – and critical chapters by leading scholars exploring the world of the novel.

Edith Ayrton Zangwill''s 1924 novel The Call is widely regarded as one of the most important suffrage novels of the early 20th century. Including authoritative notes and commentary throughout, this is the first comprehensive scholarly edition of the novel. The Call tells the story of a young chemist, Ursula Winfield, who comes of age in the years before the start of the First World War. Confronted by the gross injustices faced by women and the working class in early 20th-century Britain, she is drawn inexorably and with increasing militancy into the suffragette movement. The story charts the conflict between her political commitments and her personal life as the Great War approaches. Alongside the definitive text of the novel, this edition also includes contextual historical documents – from contemporary reviews of the novel to newspaper coverage of the suffragette movement – and critical chapters by leading scholars exploring the world of the novel.

En la Inglaterra de comienzos del siglo XX, cuando la ciencia y la política parecían mundos reservados a los hombres, Ursula toma una decisión que cambiará su vida: abandonar su prometedora carrera como investigadora en química para unirse al movimiento sufragista.Publicada originalmente en 1924 y olvidada durante casi un siglo, «Obstinada», de Edith Ayrton Zangwill, es una novela sorprendentemente actual, tan lúcida como cautivadora. Inspirada en la figura real de la científica Hertha Ayrton, la autora retrata con extraordinario detalle la vida de una mujer dividida entre la pasión por el conocimiento, las exigencias del hogar y la urgencia de la lucha política.Entre la ciencia, el amor, el compromiso y la rebeldía, «Obstinada» es el redescubrimiento de una obra adelantada a su tiempo, una historia poderosa sobre la voz de las mujeres y el precio y la fuerza de decidir por una misma.