- Paperback: 234 pages
- Publisher: Prentice Hall Press; New edition edition (Oct 12 1970)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0582233763
- ISBN-13: 978-0582233768
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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It is the Swinging Sixties, and Rosamund Stacey is young and inexperienced at a time when sexual liberation is well on its way. She conceals her ignorance beneath a show of independence, and becomes pregnant as a result of a one night stand. Although single parenthood is still not socially acceptable, she chooses to have the baby rather than to seek an illegal abortion, and finds her life transformed by motherhood.
The Millstone is a celebration of the drama and intensity of the mother–child relationship.
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.About the Author
Margaret Drabble was born in Sheffield in 1939 and went to the Mount School, York, a Quaker boarding school. She won a major scholarship to Newnham College, Cambridge, where she read English. She was awarded the CBE in 1980.
She has written several novels, including A Summer Bird-Cage (1963); The Garrick Year (1964); The Millstone (1965), filmed as A Touch of Love in 1969; Jerusalem the Golden (1967); The Waterfall (1969); The Needle's Eye (1972); The Realms of Gold (1975); The Ice Age (1977); The Middle Ground (1980); The Radiant Way (1987); A Natural Curiosity (1989); The Gates of Ivory (1991); The Witch of Exmoor (1996), The Peppered Moth (2001) and her latest, The Sea Lady (2007), all of which are published by Penguin.
She has also published many articles and a short critical book on Wordsworth, Arnold Bennett: A Biography (1974), The Genius of Thomas Hardy (editor, 1976), A Writer's Britain (1979), The Oxford Companion to English Literature (editor, 1985; revised, 1995) and a biography of Angus Wilson (1995).
Margaret Drabble is married to the biographer Michael Holroyd and lives in London.
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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My career has always been marked by a strange mixture of confidence and cowardice: almost, one might say, made by it. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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Engaging work of social fiction.,
By Jason I. Ekeroth (Fort Worth, TX United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Millstone (Paperback)
I typically do not gush when speaking or writing about a literary work, but rarely have I ever experienced so much heartfelt concern for the well-being of a fictional character. Drabble endows her main character with a fierce, albeit flawed, sense of individualism and self-sufficiency. She tackles burdens and obstacles head-on and alone, even when help was available for the asking. Drabble also coveys the conflict present within her. Rosamund considers herself a modern and liberated woman, yet she is still bound by the Victorian sensativities she denounces. Her lifelong seach is for true love, but only does she find it in the place, or person, she was not seeking to meet. Commentary: There was a painfully obvious correlation between the rise of the welfare state and the decline of the family. Rosamund could have never done what she did on her own without the welfare state operating in Great Britain, with no welfare state, she would have had to maintain close ties with her family.
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I love this book,
By Johanys (Korea) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Millstone (Paperback)
I've just started reading Drabble and I loved this book. The writing has verve, the main character is very sympathetic, and her experiences with her child are wonderful. Dive in! She's great.
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This is it, and then it's over,
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This review is from: The Millstone (Paperback)
The Waterfall remains my favorite Margaret Drabble novel, but this one uses a faster pace and even more humor. That humor comes from timing and odd observations, rather than obvious attempts at making readers laugh. For example, just before Rosamund Stacey loses her virginity, her seducer asks, "Is this all right? Are you all right, will this be all right?" Rosamund then tells us "that was it and it was over." You'll hate when this book is over. Rosamund seems like an old friend, and you'll enjoy your visit with her.
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