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"""Delia Blanchflower"" by Mrs. Humphry Ward is a one-of-a-type paintings that appears at the complex nature of family and social relationships in past due-19th-century England. Mary Augusta Ward, who became also called Mrs. Humphry Ward, was a famous British author and social reformer. The tale is about a young woman named Delia Blanchflower who's having a tough time with the expectancies and difficult conditions in her social institution. As the daughter of a rich businessman, Delia is torn among what her circle of relatives and buddies expect of her and what she needs, that is to be impartial and pursue her own desires. The novel explores the bounds that Victorian society put on ladies, exploring issues of responsibility, love, and private identity. Mrs. Humphry Ward does an excellent activity of showing how tradition and person desires can clash in Delia's adventure, which offers us a deep take a look at gender roles and social expectancies. Ward's eager views of human beings and her social cognizance are what make ""Delia Blanchflower"" precise. The book shows how involved the author was in the issues of her time, specifically how ladies's roles have been converting in society. Ward's writing fashion includes romance, social remark, and person boom. ""Delia Blanchflower"" is an interesting book that captures the spirit of its historic and cultural putting."

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Mary Augusta Ward CBE was a British author who lived from June 11, 1851, to March 24, 1920. She wrote under her married name, Mrs. Humphry Ward. Setting up a Settlement in London to help poor people get better schooling was one way she did this. In 1908, she became the first President of the Women's National Anti-Suffrage League. Mary Augusta Arnold was born in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. She came from a well-known family of writers and educators. Mary was the daughter of Julia Sorell and Tom Arnold, who taught literature. William Thomas Arnold was a writer and journalist, Ethel Arnold worked for women's right to vote, and Julia Huxley started Prior's Field School for Girls in 1902 and married Leonard Huxley. Their sons were Julian and Aldous Huxley. It was important for British intellectual life to have people like the Arnolds and the Huxleys. Author Matthew Arnold was her uncle, and Thomas Arnold, the famous headmaster of Rugby School, was her grandpa. Tom Arnold, Mary's father, was made head of schools in Van Diemen's Land, which is now Tasmania. He started his job on January 15, 1850.

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