Hannah More: The First Victorian

by Anne Stott

Book Overview

Hannah More was a public figure at a time when domesticity was regarded as women's chief virtue. Her career as playwright, bluestocking, Evangelical educationalist, anti-slavery campaigner, political writer, and novelist made her one of the most influential women of her day. This is the first
substantial biography of More for fifty years and the first to make extensive use of her unpublished correspondence. Anne Stott reveals her as a more lively...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199274886
• ISBN13: 9780199274888
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"