90 point quality check on tech, certified refurbished

Spread the cost, rated excellent on Trustpilot

error_outline Item out of stock

Open the door! - Catherine Carswell

Oops!
Unfortunately it looks like someone took the last one.

No worries, we have many more interesting finds for you.

Browse similar

Why choose musicMagpie?

local_shipping FREE delivery on ALL orders
savings Cheaper than buying new
compost Better for the planet
loyalty Refer a friend, get 10% off

Title
Open the door!

Author
Catherine Carswell

format
Paperback / softback

Publisher
Canongate Classics

Language
English

UK Publication Date
19961015

Description

Joanna Bannerman, capricious, selfish and warm-hearted, passionately
seeks life and 'loveliness'. Certainly the bustling streets of Glasgow
at the turn of the century promise much greater excitement than the
solid evangelical background she has known hitherto. Her studies in the
School of Art open up new horizons - of independence and love - and
Joanna reaches for them all.

First published in 1920, this novel
powerfully evokes the image of a young woman ensnared yet ultimately
released by her capacity for emotion. It contains a strong
autobiographical element and is also a powerful evocation of the life
and industry of the Second City of the Empire.

Catherine Carswell (1879-1946) was born in Glasgow, one of the four
children of George and Mary Anne Macfarlane. On leaving school she
attended courses in English Literature at Glasgow University but could
not, in those days, be admitted for a degree. In 1904, after a brief
engagement, she married Herbert Jackson. When in 1905, she told him of
her pregnancy, he tried to kill her. Declared insane, he spent the rest
of his life in a mental hospital. Catherine returned to Glasgow where
her daughter was born, and worked, first in Glasgow and then in London
as dramatic and literary critic for the Glasgow Herald. In 1907 she
began legal proceedings for the anulment of her marriage. She won the
case, making legal history.
Her friendship with D.H. Lawrence was kindled by her favourable review of The White Peacock
(1911). They met in 1914 and their relationship lasted until Lawrence's
death in. In 1915 she married Donald Carswell, with whom she had one
son. In the same year, she lost her job at the Glasgow Herald for
praising The Rainbow. Soon after that the Carswells moved briefly from
London to Bournemouth. in 1916 she and Lawrence exchanged manuscripts of
Open the Door! and Women in Love. Her novel was completed in 1918 and won the Melrose Prize on publication in 1920. Her other novel, The Camomile, was published two years later, after which she devoted herself to The Life of Rober Burns, which made her name in 1930. This was quickly followed by a biography of Lawrence, The Savage Pilgrimage (1932).
After
her husband's death during the black-out in 1940, Catherine Carswell
lived alone in London. She worked with John Buchan's widow on his
memorial anthology, The CLearing House (1946) and on her own
autobiography, which was published, incomplete, as Lying Awake in 1950. Carswell died in Oxford at the age of 66.

Type
BOOK

Edition
New Edition

Keyword Index
Women art students - Scotland - Glasgow - Fiction.|Glasgow (Scotland) - Social life and customs - 20th century - Fiction.

Country of Publication
Scotland

Number of Pages
431

Why buy with musicMagpie?

FREE 12 Month Warranty on Tech

Magpie Certified Refurbished Tech

FREE Delivery on ALL Orders

14 Day Money Back Guarantee

90 Point Refurbished Quality Check

If you’re looking for something new to listen to, watch or play, look no further than the musicMagpie Store. We sell over half a million new and used CDs, DVDs, Blu-Rays, Games and Vinyl, spanning all kinds of genres and consoles, with prices starting from just £1.09! We also sell a wide range of refurbished Mobile Phones and Tech from major brands like Apple, Samsung, Sony, Microsoft and much more. With a 12 month quality warranty, you can save with total confidence.

Open the door! - Catherine Carswell

Description

Why buy with musicMagpie?

Free 12 month warranty

14 day money back guarantee

Magpie Certified Refurbished

Free delivery on all orders