Reading Before Breakfast

"When Sally gave her William Morris, it had to be wrapped in brown paper. " (33)

William Morris was a writer and an artist. In teh 1870's he was a political activist and joined H. M. Hyndman's Socialist League. He wrote News From Nowhere, which describes a society where there is common ownership, democratic relationships, no class and no authority. Sally brought thoughts of socialism to Clarissa and hid Morris' books from her Aunt Helena. Thoughts of socialism were very contraversial at that time. Sally was untraditional and went against the grain, just like the Morris' writing at the time.

~ Sullivan, Dick. "Wiliam Morris: More News From Nowhere" The Victorian Web. June 27, 2007. September 28, 2008.

~ Oram, Richard. "William Morris" Harry Ransom Center. September 28, 2008