Leonora (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Scathingly reviewed by some at the time of its publication in 1903 because of its subject matter, Bennett''s third novel, Leonora, is the love story of a middle-aged woman. In response to his critics, Bennett later recorded in his preface to The Old Wives Tale, that he intended the book to be a protest against the “absurd youthfulness, the unfading youthfulness of the average heroine.”
Scathingly reviewed by some at the time of its publication in 1903 because of its subject matter, Bennett''s third novel, Leonora, is the love story of a middle-aged woman. In response to his critics, Bennett later recorded in his preface to The Old Wives Tale, that he intended the book to be a protest against the “absurd youthfulness, the unfading youthfulness of the average heroine.”
