Jill is the story of an unconventional heroine - a gentlewoman who disguises herself as a maid and runs away to London in search of adventure after her mother dies and her father is pursued by a Victorian gold-digger. Once in London she uses her position as lady's maid to become close to her mistress. Her life above and below stairs is portrayed with irreverent wit in this fast-paced story, but at the centre of the novel is Jill's unfolding love for the woman she works for. On the surface a feminist manifesto, Jill is a poignant story of same-sex desire and unrequited love. An new introduction tells the autobiographical story on which the novel is based -the author's own passionate attachment to a woman she called her wife, but who she couldn't have.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Title Page
- Also by the Author
- Introduction – Kirsti Bohata
- I. Jill Introduces Herself
- II. Foreign Travel
- III. A Widow’s Manoeuvres
- IV. A Tight Curb
- V. Breaking Loose
- VI. A Photograph
- VII. A Few London Prices
- VIII. A Street Incident
- IX. A Nervous Lady
- X. Change of Situation
- XI. An Unwelcome Admirer
- XII. The Photograph Again
- XIII. Lord Clement
- XIV. At Ajaccio
- XV. A Driving Expedition in Corsica
- XVI. Escaped Penitenciers
- XVII. A Chapelle Mortuaire
- XVIII. A New Use for a Bier
- XIX. Off from Corsica
- XX. Captain Norroy Appears
- XXI. A Newspaper Paragraph
- XXII. Notice to Quit
- XXIII. A Doggy Place
- XXIV. A Discovery
- XXV. The Last of Perkins
- XXVI. An Accident
- XXVII. In Hospital
- XXVIII. Sister Helena
- XXIX. A Catastrophe
- XXX. A Change of Fortune
- Copyright
- About Honno
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