In What Way Is Lizzy Newberry A Highly Unusual Woman For Her Time?
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Hardy suggests that Lizzy Newberry is a highly unusual young woman
for her time in many different ways.Here are lots of examples and extracts
proving this point.
Right from the beginning of the story, Mr.Stockdale asks the young
boy where Mrs Lizzy Newberry lived, the boy described her as being â ....
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contain spirits from France and this is a very unusual thing for young
women of her time to be doing, because it would usually have been men that
would do all the smuggling.
Lizzy realises that Mr.Stockdale is very surprised, and tries to
defend herself by saying ‘’Smuggling is carried on here by some of the
people,’’ and ‘’It has been their practice for generations, and they think
of it as no harm.’’ Then to astonish Mr.Stockdale even more, she begins to
show him h ....
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