Elizabeth Robins (1862–1952)
Author of The Convert
About the Author
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Works by Elizabeth Robins
The messenger 2 copies
Camilla 2 copies
Time is whispering 2 copies
My Cookery Books 1 copy
Alan's Wife 1 copy
The Florentine frame 1 copy
Where are you going to? 1 copy
George Mandeville's husband 1 copy
Both sides of the curtain 1 copy
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- Other names
- Raimond, C.E.
- Birthdate
- 1862-08-08
- Date of death
- 1952-05-08
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Country (for map)
- USA
- Birthplace
- Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- Places of residence
- Zanesville, Ohio, USA
London, England, UK - Occupations
- actress
playwright
novelist
suffragist
Time and Tide (director) - Relationships
- Parks, George (spouse, 1885-1887)
Wilberforce, Octavia (close friend, mentor) - Organizations
- National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
Women's Social and Political Union
Women Writers' Suffrage League
Time and Tide
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The Convert by Elizabeth Robins
Vida Levering, lovely and cultured member of the British upper class, is drawn by degrees into the women's suffrage movement. As her involvement deepens and she works to educate herself about the sufferings of poor women, it becomes gradually clear that she has a dark secret. She attracts the attention of beautiful, young and rich Jean, who is engaged to an influential politician, who is prevailed upon to help. This is an interesting book but there are large sections of polemic which are slow.
A play written during the height of the women's suffrage movement, in 1907. The play is about the struggle of British women to get the vote, and the resistance from the men both in Parliament and in the general public. The play centers around a group of upper middle class women who are involved in the movement, but seem not to want to admit it, and the men who tolerate their involvement as long as they are sure they won't be successful. The play is a political tract, but it does wrap itself around a story that makes it rise about the simple polemics; the characters are well drawn, but at times it gets a bit hard to keep them straight. A decent work, and it might be fun to stage something like this today just so we can remember where we came from, when we sometimes seem to forget that it hasn't been so long since women went to jail to gain what now seem like basic rights.… (more)
1st ed. ExLib but little markings. Rare with DW. A story of irrepressible twins and their adventures with pots and pans.
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- Works
- 25
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 132
- Popularity
- #153,555
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 3
- ISBNs
- 39