The Millstone
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A landmark of 1960s British fiction, The Millstone chronicles the story of Rosamund Stacey, a fiercely independent and intellectually guarded young academic in London who falls pregnant after a single, almost accidental encounter — and resolves, against all social expectation, to raise the child alone. Margaret Drabble constructs the novel with a cool, ironic precision that cuts to the heart of mid-century womanhood: the tension between ambition and domesticity, self-sufficiency and vulnerability, and the quiet, transformative power of unconditional love. Drabble's prose is razor-sharp and deceptively understated, presenting Rosamund's interior life with a clinical detachment that slowly gives way to profound emotional depth. The novel stands as a definitive document of a generation of educated women navigating a world that had not yet caught up with their intelligence or their needs. A story about isolation, identity, and the most unexpected of bonds, The Millstone leaves the reader asking: can the very thing that weighs us down also set us free?
Author: Margaret Drabble
Format: Paperback
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A landmark of 1960s British fiction, The Millstone chronicles the story of Rosamund Stacey, a fiercely independent and intellectually guarded young academic in London who falls pregnant after a single, almost accidental encounter — and resolves, against all social expectation, to raise the child alone. Margaret Drabble constructs the novel with a cool, ironic precision that cuts to the heart of mid-century womanhood: the tension between ambition and domesticity, self-sufficiency and vulnerability, and the quiet, transformative power of unconditional love. Drabble's prose is razor-sharp and deceptively understated, presenting Rosamund's interior life with a clinical detachment that slowly gives way to profound emotional depth. The novel stands as a definitive document of a generation of educated women navigating a world that had not yet caught up with their intelligence or their needs. A story about isolation, identity, and the most unexpected of bonds, The Millstone leaves the reader asking: can the very thing that weighs us down also set us free?