num_pages: 192
description: Margaret Drabble’s affecting novel is set in London during the 1960s. Rosamund Stacey is young and inexperienced at a time when sexual liberation is well on its way. She conceals her ignorance beneath a show of independence, and becomes pregnant as a result of a one night stand.
language: English
title: The Millstone
titlecomplete: The Millstone
characters: Rosamund Stacey
genres: Classics, British Literature, Feminism, Female Authors, Novels, 20th Century, Literature, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Womens
ratings_count: 3273
places: London, England, England
awards: awardedAt: -126201600000
name: John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
publisher: Harper Perennial