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Returning from Germany after the events of the first novel, Pointed Roofs, Miriam Henderson, now eighteen years old, takes a position as a teacher in a North London suburban school. While there she must manage her doubts and fears about her own future, while negotiating changes and difficulties in her own..." data-title="Книга Backwater">

Michael Shatov, a young Russian intellectual exploring England, arrives at the boarding house that has long hosted series protagonist Miriam Henderson. He engages Miriam as a tutor of English, and the two quickly recognize each other as kindred spirits, talking late into the night about philosophy and literature. Michael pushes Miriam to translate French works, a major step on her journey to becoming a..." data-title="Книга Deadlock">

Miriam Henderson, after spending time as a teacher in a German school in the first novel, Pointed Roofs, and in a suburban London school in the second, Backwater, has found a place as governess with a wealthy English family. From her perspective as an outsider she observes the lives of..." data-title="Книга Honeycomb">

After years of false starts and tragedy, Miriam Henderson, the series’s protagonist, experiences a measure of stability for the first time in her adult life working as a dental assistant and living on her own in a London boarding house. As she navigates the social complexities of independent living, she allows herself to become more engaged with the family of her landlady, more a part of the boarding house community—especially a group of Canadian doctors—and more of a..." data-title="Книга Interim">

Set in the early 1890s, Pointed Roofs centers on seventeen-year-old Miriam Henderson. After her family runs into financial troubles, Miriam is sent to Germany to teach English at a finishing school in Hanover. The narrative chronicles Miriam’s daily life at the school, as well as outings to the city and the countryside with the other teachers and pupils. All the while, it..." data-title="Книга Pointed Roofs">

Revolving Lights is the seventh “chapter volume” of Dorothy M. Richardson’s pioneering semi-autobiographical series, Pilgrimage.

Series protagonist Miriam Henderson puts an end to her relationship with co-lodger Michael Shatov, a young Russian intellectual. She spends two weeks visiting the mansion of author Hypo Wilson and his wife Alma, Miriam’s old schoolmate. While there she meets author Miss Prout, another friend of Hypo’s.

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