{"product_id":"pointed-roofs-dorothy-m-richardson-9791043136047","title":"Pointed Roofs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePointed Roofs\u003c\/strong\u003e is the first installment in \u003cstrong\u003eDorothy M. Richardson\u003c\/strong\u003e's Pilgrimage sequence of autobiographical novels. It is also one of the first novels identified with the modernist technique of stream of consciousness.Set in the early 1890s, \u003cstrong\u003ePointed Roofs\u003c\/strong\u003e centers on seventeen-year-old \u003cstrong\u003eMiriam Henderson\u003c\/strong\u003e. After her family runs into financial troubles, \u003cstrong\u003eMiriam\u003c\/strong\u003e is sent to Germany to teach English at a finishing school in Hanover. The \u003cem\u003enarrative\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles \u003cstrong\u003eMiriam\u003c\/strong\u003e's daily life at the school, as well as outings to the city and the countryside with the other teachers and pupils. All the while, it tells of her experience of living abroad, her attitude to the people around her, her future prospects, and her thoughts on religion, literature, and the status of women in society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dorothy M. Richardson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9791043136047\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Les Prairies Numeriques\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Dorothy M. Richardson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801345765631,"sku":"9791043136047","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pointed-roofs-dorothy-m-richardson-9791043136047","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}