title: House of Women: A Novel
author:  Lynn Freed 
description: Lynn Freed was born and grew up in Durban, South Africa. She has written four other novels, including, most recently, The Mirror. Her stories and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, Story, The New York Times, and Atlantic Monthly, among other publications. She lives in northern California.
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  # This Freedom
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### A. S. M. Hutchinson
  
  
  This page copyright © 2002 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  PART ONE—HOUSE OF MEN
  
  
    
  CHAPTER I
  
  
    
  CHAPTER II
  
  
    
  CHAPTER III
  
  
    
  CHAPTER IV
  
  
    
  CHAPTER V
  
  
    
  CHAPTER VI
  
  
    
  CHAPTER VII
  
  
  PART TWO—HOUSE OF WOMEN
  
  
    
  CHAPTER I
  
  
    
  CHAPTER II
  
  
    
  CHAPTER III
  
  
    
  CHAPTER IV
  
  
    
  CHAPTER V
  
  
    
  CHAPTER VI
  
  
    
  CHAPTER VII
  
  
    
  CHAPTER VIII
  
  
    
  CHAPTER IX
  
  
    
  CHAPTER X
  
  
    
  CHAPTER XI
  
  
  PART THREE—HOUSE OF CHILDREN
  
  
    
  CHAPTER I
  
  
    
  CHAPTER II
  
  
    
  CHAPTER III
  
  
    
  CHAPTER IV
  
  
    
  CHAPTER V
  
  
    
  CHAPTER VI
  
  
    
  CHAPTER VII
  
  
    
  CHAPTER VIII
  
  
    
  CHAPTER IX
  
  
  PART FOUR—HOUSE OF CARDS
  
  
    
  CHAPTER I
  
  
    
  CHAPTER II
  
  
    
  CHAPTER III
  
  
    
  CHAPTER IV
  
  
    
  CHAPTER V
  
  
  
  
      
  
  Produced by Carrie Fellman and Charles Aldarondo
  
  
  “With a great sum obtained I this freedom.”—ACTS xxii, 28.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## PART ONE—HOUSE OF MEN
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### CHAPTER I
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
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