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By: Enid Yandell
Three Girls in a Flat by Enid Yandell is a delightful and charming novel that follows the lives of three young women living together in a small flat in London. The characters are beautifully drawn and their interactions feel authentic and relatable.
Yandell does a fantastic job of capturing the complexities of female friendships and the ups and downs of life as a young woman in the city. The writing is engaging and the story is full of heartwarming moments and unexpected twists.
Overall, Three Girls in a Flat is a delightful read that will resonate with anyone who has ever navigated the challenges of young adulthood and female friendship. Yandell’s prose is both witty and insightful, making this a book that is sure to captivate readers from beginning to end.
Book Description:
Enid Yandell (October 6, 1870 – June 13, 1934) was an American sculptor who studied with Auguste Rodin and Frederick William MacMonnies. She created numerous portraits, garden pieces and small works as well as public monuments. Ms. Yandell also studied in Paris and kept a studio there. This book, Three Girls in a Flat, is a semi-autobiographical account of her work as a sculptor for the Horticultural Building at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. Co-written with two friends, it’s an episodic account of the trials and tribulations of three young women eking out a living while sharing a small flat in Chicago. The young ladies are called Virginia (or Gene), Marjorie and the Duke (a young sculptor — certainly Ms. Yandell’s character). Interspersed among the stories of their work days, social gatherings held in their flat, daily life in Chicago, interactions with their neighbors, and young male callers at various times, are descriptions of the work of the women involved with the Woman’s Building at the Columbian Exposition. Part historical information and part personal events in the girl’s lives, this is a light and enjoyable read. Or as the ladies state in their preface: “We beg to assure our readers that we do not consider this little book in any way a literary effort. It is a simple story which really wrote itself, and it is with great modesty and hesitation that we cast it upon the sea of public opinion.” (Summary by Wikipedia and Lee Ann Howlett)
