Ann Veronica Chapter 1 - Ann Veronica Talks to Her Father

The H. G. Wells Library · Jun 14, 2026 · 55m · transcript

In which a young woman of nearly twenty-two returns to her suburban home resolved to challenge the strict and watchful authority of her father over her burgeoning ambitions and social freedoms, setting the stage for a conflict that is at once personal and illustrative of the wider constraints placed upon women of her time. The narrative gently unfolds the temperament and circumstances of both father and daughter, revealing a household caught between traditional expectations and a restless desire for self-determination.