What Kathleen Did

It is 1929 and 18-year-old Kathleen, from a prosperous middle-class London home, travels with her friend Alice to Devon for a holiday. While there she meets Jim Wilcox, a tenant farmer, and Robert Neville, heir to Alston Manor, the landlord. While Jim views a wife as subject to a husband's will, as his property, Robert sees a husband's role as protector.

Declaring she wants to 'do' something and not marry the first young man who comes along, Kathleen represents the modern woman. A most signi...