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100 1 _aDelafield, E. M.,
_d1890-1943
245 1 4 _aThe heel of Achilles
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2024
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2024-04-07
508 _aEmmanuel Ackerman, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"The Heel of Achilles" by E. M. Delafield is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the character Lydia Raymond, a precocious and introspective twelve-year-old orphan who faces the complications of her new life with her aunts and grandfather after her mother’s death. The narrative explores themes of individuality, grief, and the quest for autonomy within the confines of family expectations and the rigidity of social norms. The opening of the novel introduces Lydia as she reflects on her status as an orphan, revealing her feelings of neglect amid the well-intended but suffocating care of her relatives. As the chapters unfold, Lydia grapples with the attention of her family members who are more concerned about their grief than her own feelings. The text provides a rich backdrop of early 20th-century British society, showcasing Lydia's keen observations about her relatives' behaviors and expectations. Through her experiences, we witness her attempts to carve out her own identity while navigating the complex dynamics of her new household, underlining her journey of self-discovery and assertion against the backdrop of familial obligations. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cNew York: The MacMillan Company, 1921
653 _aOrphans -- Fiction
653 _aYoung women -- Fiction
653 _aBildungsromans
653 _aMothers and daughters -- Fiction
653 _aGirls -- Fiction
653 _aEngland -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
653 _aFamilies -- Fiction
653 _aEgoism -- Fiction
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/heelachilles01delagoog
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73352
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