The Eights

Joanna Miller

Oxford, 1920. For the first time in its history, the world's most famous university has admitted female students. Giddy with dreams of equality, education and emancipation, four young women move into neighbouring rooms on Corridor Eight. They have come here from all walks of life, and they are thrown into an unlikely, life-affirming friendship. Dora was never meant to go to university, but, after losing both her brother and her fiancé on the battlefield, has arrived in their place. Beatrice, politically-minded daughter of a famous suffragette, sees Oxford as a chance to make her own way - and her own friends - for the first time. Socialite Otto fills her room with extravagant luxuries but fears they won't be enough to distract her from her memories of the war years. And quiet, clever, Marianne, the daughter of a village vicar, arrives bearing a secret she must hide from everyone - even The Eights.

Author(s): Miller, Joanna
Binding: Paperback
Date of Publication: 04/06/2026
Pagination: 368 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Penguin Books
Published By: Penguin Books
Book Classification: Historical fiction|Feminism & feminist theory|Higher & further education, tertiary education|Narrative theme: Social issues|Narrative theme: Social issues|Modern & contemporary fiction
Dimensions: 196 x 129 x 26
Weight: 276
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780241662441