Title: Mariana
First published: December 1990
Description: Monica Dickens's first book, published in 1940, could easily have been called Mariana - an Englishwoman. For that is what it is: the story of a young English girl's growth towards maturity in the 1930s. We see Mary at school in Kensington and on holiday in Somerset; her attempt at drama school; her year in Paris learning dressmaking and getting engaged to the wrong man; her time as a secretary and companion; and her romance with Sam.
Subjects: Fiction in English, Fiction, coming of age, Classics, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance, Modern Classics, Coming Of Age, British Literature, 20th Century, Novels, Historical, collection:Name