Publisher's Synopsis
Pointed Roofs is a novel written by Dorothy Richardson and published in 1915. The book is the first in a series of thirteen novels known as Pilgrimage, which follows the life of the protagonist, Miriam Henderson. Set in the early 20th century, the novel is a coming-of-age story that explores themes of gender, class, and identity.The story begins with Miriam, a young woman from a middle-class family, leaving her home in London to become a teacher at a girls' school in Hanover, Germany. The novel is written in a stream-of-consciousness style, which allows the reader to experience Miriam's thoughts and emotions as she navigates her new surroundings and relationships.As Miriam settles into her new life, she becomes increasingly aware of the limitations placed on women in society and begins to question the traditional roles assigned to her. She also grapples with her own sense of identity, struggling to reconcile her desire for independence with her feelings of obligation to her family and society.Throughout the novel, Richardson uses vivid, sensory language to create a richly detailed world that immerses the reader in Miriam's experiences. The novel is also notable for its experimental style, which was groundbreaking for its time and influenced other modernist writers such as Virginia Woolf.Overall, Pointed Roofs is a powerful and thought-provoking novel that explores the complexities of identity, gender, and class in early 20th century Europe.Miriam paid her first visit to a German church the next day, her third Sunday. Of the first Sunday, now so far off, she could remember nothing but sitting in a low-backed chair in the saal trying to read ""Les Travailleurs de la Mer"" . . . seas . . . and a sunburnt youth striding down a desolate lane in a storm . . . and the beginning of tea-time. They had been kept indoors all day by the rain.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
