The Independence of Claire

The Independence of Claire

Author: Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey (1857-1917)

Year: 1915

This is a rather typical Horne Vaizey book, about the life led by young well-brought-up women in Edwardian times. Worries about money, about who to marry, whether to go or not to parties to be given by elderly hostesses, about clothes, about hair-styles, and even, as so often in this author's books, with a bit of illness thrown in as well. There's a time when Claire seems on the way to making a big mistake, but it all gets sorted out in the end. Make an audiobook of this book—that is probably the best way to enjoy it. ============================================ Jessie Bell (Mrs. Henry Mansergh, Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey), 1857-1917. Jessie Bell, later Mrs. Henry Mansergh, and then Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey, was born in Liverpool, in 1857, into a family of seven children--she had four brothers and two sisters. In 1883, she married Henry Mansergh. Their only daughter, Gwyneth Alice, was born in 1886. The Manserghs moved several times, but always remained in the vicinity of Liverpool. Henry Mansergh seems to have been either an alcoholic or addicted to drugs. In either case, he died of kidney disease in May, 1894. At about the time of her first husband's death, her short stories