A Professional Rider (Classic Reprint)

This book provides a detailed examination of the lives and experiences of young ladies attending the Misses Walker's Seminary for Young Ladies at Highburgh House. The author focuses specifically on the trials of three students during their time at the school. Margaret Hope, Alice Smithson, and Lizzie Holman face challenges both within and outside the seminary walls. The girls must navigate the often-difficult social circles of Victorian high society while simultaneously dealing with the complexities of adolescence. Underlying this narrative is a biting critique of Victorian social norms, particularly as they pertained to women. The author effectively demonstrates the ways in which the expectations placed upon women during this period could be both stifling and damaging. The book is a fascinating study of an important period in history. It sheds light on the ways in which the values and beliefs of the Victorian era shaped the lives of women and girls.Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books.This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.This text has been digitally restored from a historical edition. Some aesthetic errors may persist, however it has been deemed that any such will not detract from the work's significant historical value.The digital edition of all books may be viewed on our website before purchase.