Dell, Penelope. Nettie and Sissie. Hamish Hamilton, 1977.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Ethel M. Dell
EMD
's sister, Irene Elizabeth or Ella
, was devoted to Ethel, and was both possessive and protective about her. She became governess in 1903 to the young Maurice Bowra
and his brother; their father...
Textual Features
Ethel M. Dell
The novel traces the great love of Frances and Arthur; Penelope Dell
reads them as Ethel and her new husband
, with the tyrannical Bishop of Burminster drawn from Ethel's sister Ella
, his weak...
Textual Production
Ethel M. Dell
Her adopted niece and biographer Penelope Dell
suspects some allegorisation of the situation between the sisters, since Ella
was a dominating character.