Nina Balatka and Linda Tressel by Anthony Trollope
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ISBN: 9780192827234
World's Classics, 1991
Paperback, 398 Pages
The heroines of these two short novels combat intense social pressure for the sake of love. The Catholic heroine of Nina Balatka loves a Jew. In Linda Tressell a stern Calvinistic matriarch tries to ensure her niece's spiritual salvation by marrying her to an old man. Both novels are fascinating and sympathetic portrayals of young women driven to the brink of insanity by religious and cultural intolerance.