The Farringdons

"The Farringdons" by Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler follows the life of the proud, impetuous Elisabeth Farringdon, a middle-class orphaned girl raised by her spinster cousins in the Black Country. Elisabeth explores the ideological boundaries of her world through her relationship with the somewhat heretical Alan and later through her career as an independent artist. Witty and thoughtful, the book explores British society through the eyes of its charming protagonist.