Ann Veronica
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| Author | H. G. Wells |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel, New Woman |
| Publisher | T. Fisher Unwin |
Publication date | 1909 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Text | Ann Veronica at Wikisource |
Ann Veronica is a New Woman novel by H. G. Wells published in 1909. It describes the rebellion of Ann Veronica Stanley, a 21-year-old woman , against her middle-class father's stern patriarchal rule. The novel dramatizes the contemporary problem of the New Woman. It is set in Edwardian era London and environs, except for an Alpine excursion. Ann Veronica offers vignettes of the women's suffrage movement in Great Britain and features a chapter inspired by the 1908 attempt of suffragettes to storm Parliament.