Ideala

"Ideala" by Sarah Grand is a story from the late 1800s that looks at what it meant to be a woman at that time, including how women were supposed to act and the challenges they faced in being themselves. The story follows Ideala, a complicated woman who feels trapped by her marriage and the strict rules of Victorian society, and it starts with a narrator describing Ideala's mysterious appearance at a party, where she seems charming but is often seen as distant and hard to understand. Despite not caring much for social status, she cares deeply about others and wants to make their lives better, showing that Ideala is someone trying to find her own path and a real understanding of love in a world that doesn't always make it easy. As the chapters go on, we learn about her past, like the problems she had growing up, and shows that she wants to find herself.