The Quiet Rebellion of Bertha - A Feminist Classic Bertha is a woman the world refuses to see. Towering, silent, and burdened by a past she cannot name, she moves through life as a domestic servant in early 20th-century New York - a "lummox" to those around her. But beneath her heavy steps and quiet obedience lies a soul alive with memory, longing, and unspoken strength. In the shadowed kitchens of a wealthy household, Bertha endures the daily grind of servitude. Yet her inner world is vast: filled with fragments of Baltic lullabies, the scent of forests long gone, and a yearning for tenderness that defies her station. When a fleeting moment of connection threatens to awaken something deeper, Bertha's silence becomes a quiet rebellion - a refusal to be erased. Written with lyrical intensity and emotional precision, Lummox is a powerful portrait of a woman whose voice is never heard, but whose presence lingers long after the final page. A landmark of feminist literary fiction, it speaks to anyone who has ever felt unseen - and dared to feel deeply anyway.
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Lummox: The Quiet Rebellion of Bertha - A Feminist Classic of Early 20th-Century Fiction
The Quiet Rebellion of Bertha - A Feminist Classic Bertha is a woman the world refuses to see. Towering, silent, and burdened by a past she cannot name, she moves through life as a domestic servant in early 20th-century New York - a "lummox" to those around her. But beneath her heavy steps and quiet obedience lies a soul alive with memory, longing, and unspoken strength. In the shadowed kitchens of a wealthy household, Bertha endures the daily grind of servitude. Yet her inner world is vast: filled with fragments of Baltic lullabies, the scent of forests long gone, and a yearning for tenderness that defies her station. When a fleeting moment of connection threatens to awaken something deeper, Bertha's silence becomes a quiet rebellion - a refusal to be erased. Written with lyrical intensity and emotional precision, Lummox is a powerful portrait of a woman whose voice is never heard, but whose presence lingers long after the final page. A landmark of feminist literary fiction, it speaks to anyone who has ever felt unseen - and dared to feel deeply anyway.
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798319624451 |
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| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble Press |
| Publication date: | 07/08/2025 |
| Pages: | 284 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.64(d) |
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