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  • Regiment of Women

    The powerful story of a dangerous and forbidden friendship in a girl's school. Introduced by Jacqueline Wilson

    by Clemence Dane ...
    Series series The Mermaid Collection
    Rediscover the brilliance of Regiment of Women in the Mermaid Collection - classic books by popular pioneering female authors republished to delight new generations of readers.'The Mermaid Collection is so sure footed that you're unlikely to go wrong' India KnightSet in a small town in Edwardian England, Regiment of Women is a page-turning and beguiling novel about the complicated relationship ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Regiment of Women (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Lesbian Classic

    Clemence Dane's Regiment of Women is a penetrating school novel and psychological study of power, desire, and institutional discipline. Set within the closed world of a girls' school, it examines the charismatic dominance of Clare Hartill and the emotional economies that form around her authority. Written in a taut, observant prose that combines Edwardian realism with early modernist interest in ... Read more

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  • Enter Sir John

    Clemence Dane and Helen Simpson wrote this British crime tale, "Enter Sir John," in 1928. The story revolves around Martella Baring, a young actress on trial for murder, and Sir John Saumarez, a fellow actor, who takes up her case to prove her innocence. In 1932, they released the sequel film, Re-enter Sir John. The jury has found Martella Baring, a young actress, guilty of the murder of Edna ... Read more

    $5.39 CAD

  • First the Blade: A Comedy of Growth

    by Clemence Dane ...
    "First the Blade: A Comedy of Growth" is a novel by Clemence Dane, a British author known for her work in both drama and fiction. The book is a comedic exploration of personal development and the trials of growing up.The story revolves around the character of Beatrix "Trixie" Clayton, a young woman in her early twenties who is navigating the complexities of adulthood. Trixie is an aspiring writer ... Read more

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  • Will Shakespeare: An Invention in Four Acts

    by Clemence Dane ...
    The play is structured around Shakespeare’s life in the years leading up to his rise as a playwright and his later success in London. While it is not a strict biographical account, Will Shakespeare provides a dramatic and introspective look at the man behind the iconic works. In four acts, the play alternates between Shakespeare’s personal struggles, his relationships with his family, friends, and ... Read more

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  • Enter Sir John. Illustrated

    Enter Sir John is a captivating blend of courtroom drama, theatrical flair, and classic detective fiction, co-written by Clemence Dane and Helen Simpson. This golden age mystery introduces readers to the charismatic Sir John Saumarez—a renowned actor-manager who unexpectedly steps into the role of amateur sleuth when a murder casts a dark shadow over the London stage. When young actress Martella ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD

  • Legend

    by Clemence Dane ...
    If she had not been ill so long it would have been harder. As it was—but there’s no use in writing down that black time. Afterwards I didn’t know what to do. The pension had stopped, of course. I’d managed to teach myself typing, though Mother couldn’t be left much; but I didn’t know shorthand, and I couldn’t get work, and my money was dwindling, and I was getting scared. I was ready to worship ... Read more

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  • Regiment of Women

    by Clemence Dane ...
    Clemence Dane's 'Regiment of Women' is a pioneering work of feminist literature, published in 1917. The novel challenges traditional gender roles and societal expectations, exploring themes of female empowerment and independence. Dane's writing style is characterized by its sharp wit and astute observations, capturing the complexities of human relationships and the struggles of women in a ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Regiment of Women

    by Clemence Dane ...
    The school secretary pattered down the long corridor and turned into a class-room. The room was a big one. There were old-fashioned casement windows and distempered walls; the modern desks, ranged in double rows, were small and shallow, scarred, and incredibly inky. In the window-seats stood an over-populous fish-bowl, two trays of silkworms, and a row of experimental jam-pots. There were pictures ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Will Shakespeare

    Restored Classics to Go Edition

    by Clemence Dane ...
    Clemence Dane's inventive drama reimagines Shakespeare not as a distant monument, but as a young husband torn between a Stratford cottage and the larger destiny calling him toward London. In the opening scenes, Anne Hathaway's anxious love collides with his guarded, poetic evasions, exposing a marriage strained by secrecy, ambition, and the ache of loving someone whose mind already lives elsewhere ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

  • A Bill of Divorcement

    Restored Classics to Go Edition

    by Clemence Dane ...
    On a country house Christmas Day in 1933, Clement Dane's A Bill of Divorcement turns a family gathering into a chamber of emotional reckoning. Beneath the surface of polite conversation, Margaret Fairfield, her troubled husband Hilary, their daughter Sydney, and the formidable Miss Hester confront the wreckage of marriage, separation, and duty in a world reshaped by changing divorce laws. When ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

  • First the Blade

    Restored Classics to Go Edition

    by Clemence Dane ...
    Clemence Dane's First the Blade is a witty, intimate postwar novel about growth as a slow, private, and often painful process. Through a playful narrator and a sharply observed emotional world, the book follows Laura Valentine and Justin Cloud, two people who seem suited in temperament yet may be divided by the one difference that matters most: Laura is already awakening to herself, while Justin ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD