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When Lord Geoffroy Loveall finds an abandoned baby, he treats the child as his daughter, despite the male gender of the child, who grows up desperately conflicted in the richest home in nineteenth-century England.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stace, Wesley (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Little, Brown and Company, [2005]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Eccentrics and eccentricities > Fiction.
Aristocracy (Social class) > Fiction.
Passing (Identity) > Fiction.
Gender identity > Fiction.
Sex role > Fiction.
Boys > Fiction.
Passing (Identité) > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Identité de genre > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Rôle selon le sexe > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Garçons > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Roman anglais > 21e siècle.
Aristocracy (Social class)
Boys
Eccentrics and eccentricities
Gender identity
Passing (Identity)
Sex role
Psychological fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Description
Summary:When Lord Geoffroy Loveall finds an abandoned baby, he treats the child as his daughter, despite the male gender of the child, who grows up desperately conflicted in the richest home in nineteenth-century England.
Item Description:The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture; is signed by the author.
Physical Description:531 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 527-528).
ISBN:0316830348
9780316830348