- Paperback: 511 pages
- Publisher: Angus & Robertson Childrens; New edition edition (December 1987)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0207158169
- ISBN-13: 978-0207158162
- Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 13 x 3.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 408 g
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High-minded, independent, imaginative, Teresa Hawkins knows only one commandment 'Thou shalt love'. Emotionally starved by her ramshackle family, Teresa searches for fulfillment outside her stultifying life as a working girl in a large city. Obsessed with love and sex she pins her affection on the first possible object, the egotistical Jonathan Crow, a poverty-stricken tutor who coaches her in Latin. Teresa preserves this love in the face of his indifference, contempt and ill-usage, imprisoned by her belief that 'to love is to give for ever without stint, and not to ask for the slightest thing'. It is only through another man - her ebullient and warm-hearted employer James Quick - that Teresa comes to understand her power as a woman, and emerges from obsession to a real consciousness of sexuality and love. Set in Sydney and London, "For Love Alone", first published in 1945, is one of Christina Stead's finest novels.
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About the Author
Christina Stead (1902-1983) was an Australian-born novelist and short-story writer acclaimed for her satirical wit and penetrating psychological characterisations. She wrote fifteen novels and several volumes of short stories in her lifetime, during which she spent many years living abroad in Europe and the USA, returning to Australia to live only late in life. Considered by many to have been one of Australia's greatest novelists, Stead's best-known and most acclaimed novel, The Man Who Loved Children, is largely based on her own childhood, and was first published in 1940.
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Wonderful, Dec 25 2011
By Kathryn's Inbox - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: For Love Alone (Paperback)
When I was a young woman, I read this novel at the urging of a lecture from my university. I'm glad I did. For Love Alone is a story that many young woman should be able to relate to. Theresa Hawkins is feisty, strong willed and believes that she loves the cruel and calculating Jonathon Crowe, despite his obvious indifference. It is only through the interference of James Quick, Theresa's employer that she learns of love and her power as a woman.For Love Alone is a wonderful story of a young woman's journey to maturity by the author of "The Man Who Loved Children".
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