Yesterday's Woman: Domestic Realism in the English Novel

by Vineta Colby

Book Overview

Encouraged by the response of the avid novel-reading public in early nineteenth-century England, minor novelists produced a staggering number of volumes that shaped styles, formed attitudes, and gave to the novel a new status and respectability. These novels were read by both sexes, but the majority were written by women. Vineta Colby examines the works of such minor novelists as Mrs. Gore, Maria Edgeworth, Charlotte Yonge, and Harriet Martincau,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691618453
• ISBN13: 9780691618456
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"