Lolly Willowes : $b or, the loving huntsman

"Lolly Willowes: or, the loving huntsman" by Sylvia Townsend Warner is a novel set in the early 1900s that chronicles Laura Willowes' journey after her father's passing. Following his death, 28-year-old Laura, or Lolly, relocates to London to reside with her brother's family, where she grapples with the expectations placed upon unmarried women of her era and struggles against the restrictions of her new life. Initially, Lolly is faced with integrating into her brother Henry’s domestic life, a situation that both welcomes and stifles her. Though her family shows her affection, she slowly begins to feel that she is losing herself, and longs for independence and the memories of her rural past. It is a situation that highlights her tension between family obligations and her inner desire for freedom.