Cirrus@Austlit

Moina and her younger sister have been brought up by their Aunty Marty since Moina was three years old. Their aunt is kindly, but strict, and keeps them socially isolated, but Moina has met a man and fallen in love with him. She also writes secretly. When she discovers a page written by her mother she is overcome with terror and driven to desperate action.

Discusses, and provides excerpts from, the autobiography of the Russian dancer Tamara Karsavina, released in 1930 by Heinemann, and with an introduction by J. M. Barrie.

Article contends women writers must have both literal and metaphorical independence to be able to write. The argument is based on Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own.