{"product_id":"1898-by-still-harder-fate-by-nancy-lloyd-tayler-antique-australian-fiction-book","title":"1898 By Still Harder Fate by Nancy Lloyd-Tayler Antique Australian Fiction Book","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e\n \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003e\n  \u003cb\u003e\n   1898 By Still Harder Fate by Nancy Lloyd-Tayler Antique Australian Fiction Book\n  \u003c\/b\u003e\n \u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/font\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\n \u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e\n  \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003e\n   \u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003c\/font\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n   \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n     \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n       \u003cfont face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\n        By Still Harder Fate\n       \u003c\/font\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n       \u003cfont face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\n        By Nancy Lloyd-Tayler (Melbourne, Australia)\n       \u003c\/font\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n       \u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"\u003e\n        Published by George Robertson \u0026amp; Co: Melbourne 1898 1st Edition\n       \u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n       \u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"\u003e\n        \u003cstrong\u003e\n         In Original Red Cloth Bindings - Pages Are Uncut\n        \u003c\/strong\u003e\n       \u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n       \u003cbr\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n       \u003cfont face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\n        \"By Still Harder Fate is a scarce late-colonial Australian novel by Melbourne writer Nancy Lloyd-Tayler, narrated in the first person by its central character, Dolly. The story follows Dolly and her four sisters as their domineering father treats his daughters like pieces upon a social chessboard, attempting to arrange their futures and marriages according to his own ambitions. Written with an ironic and often lively voice, the novel examines domestic life, courtship, family duty and the restricted choices available to respectable young women in the closing years of the nineteenth century.\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n         \u003cbr\u003e\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n         Across its five parts—Our Lives, So Far Apart, Too Late, Thy Heart Is Mine and Adieu—Dolly's story develops into a romance shaped by separation, misunderstanding and unfortunate timing. The title is drawn from Matthew Arnold's poem Too Late, in which lovers meet only after fate has placed happiness beyond their reach, foreshadowing the novel's increasingly poignant course. Beneath its romantic plot, Lloyd-Tayler questions contemporary expectations of feminine accomplishment, gentility and marriage, particularly the assumption that every \"lady\" should naturally possess flawless domestic and social abilities.\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n         \u003cbr\u003e\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n         Published in Melbourne by George Robertson \u0026amp; Co. in 1898, this first edition is an uncommon example of nineteenth-century Australian women's fiction and has since attracted scholarly interest for its treatment of gender, class and colonial society. The volume retains its original red cloth binding and distinctive George Robertson patterned endpapers; notably, many of its leaves remain uncut, indicating that substantial portions have never been opened for reading. A desirable survivor of early Australian literary publishing, combining considerable scarcity with an unusually revealing view of women's lives and expectations in the 1890s.\"\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n       \u003c\/font\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n       \u003cfont face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\n        \u003cbr\u003e\n       \u003c\/font\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n       \u003cfont face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\n        Light wear and fading with some flecking to covers and spine as shown. Covers are firm and book is structurally sound. No inscriptions. Solid binding with no loose pages. Pages are uncut otherwise present as clean and well presented with odd age mark.  A nice copy in good to very good condition overall. Please study photos to further understand condition.\n       \u003c\/font\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n     \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n   \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n   \u003cfont face=\"Arial\" rwr=\"1\" size=\"4\" style=\"\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n     \u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n     Size 19cm x 13cm x 2.5cm - 224 Pages\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n   \u003c\/font\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"Antique Books Australia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48492615630987,"sku":null,"price":144.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0607\/0770\/0875\/files\/9f506c25-293a-4d91-bad2-4328912931d3.jpg?v=1784628067","url":"https:\/\/antiquebooksaustralia.com.au\/products\/1898-by-still-harder-fate-by-nancy-lloyd-tayler-antique-australian-fiction-book","provider":"Antique Books Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}