Notes
The bold and provocative story of Annie Phelan, a maid in the home of Isabel and Eldon Dashell. Isabel is experimenting with the new medium of photography, and is inspired by Annie, who becomes her muse. The two form a close relationship, but when Eldon devises his own plans for the young maid, Annie nearly loses herself, until disaster reveals her power over the Dashells’ work and hearts.
Description
Explores the search for identity and meaning, and captures the tension between the yearnings and the sexuality of the Victorian age. Annie arrives at a wealthy house to work as a maid. Used to the labour of servitude, she soon finds herself drawn into a world where dreams are possible.
Collection
Call number
F HUM
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Subjects
Awards
Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Nominee — 2000)
Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize (Winner — 2000)
Publication
London : Bloomsbury, 2001.
Physical description
240 p.; 21 cm