&Lsquo;Toru Dutt Remains One Of The Most Astonishing Women That Ever Lived, A Woman Whose Place Is With Sappho And Emily Bronte&Rsquo;&Mdash;E.J. Thompson

Set In France In The Second Half Of The Nineteenth Century, The Diary Of Mademoiselle D&Rsquo;Arvers, Or Le Journal De Mademoiselle D&Rsquo;Arvers, Is A Novel Of Possibilities And Limitations; Of Love, Marriage And Domesticity, And The Heartaches And Joys Of Growing Up.

Fifteen-Year-Old Marguerite, Fresh From Her Convent Education And Extremely Religious, Returns To Her Family And Experiences The First Stirrings Of Love, Only To Find Herself Entangled In A Complicated Net Of Relationships. The Story Traces Marguerite&Rsquo;S Growth Through Adolescence To Maturity And Marital Happiness.

Written In Secret And Discovered By The Author&Rsquo;S Father After Her Death, This Poignant Novel Is A Unique And Unexpected Outcome Of The Intellectual, Linguistic And Cultural Ferment Of Nineteenth-Century Colonial Bengal.

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