Protest and Reform: The British Social Narrative by Women 1827–1867

255 Pages·2022·12.995 MB·English

by  Joseph Kestner

ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS:
WOMEN AND WRITING
Volume 2
PROTEST AND REFORM

PROTEST AND REFORM
The British Social Narrative by
Women 1827–1867
JOSEPH KESTNER
First published in 1985 by The University of Wisconsin Press and in
Great Britain by Methuen & Co. Ltd
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ISBN: 978-1-032-26345-8 (Set)
ISBN: 978-1-032-31489-1 (Volume 2) (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-032-31493-8 (Volume 2) (pbk)
ISBN: 978-1-003-31001-3 (Volume 2) (ebk)
DOI: 10.4324/9781003310013
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Joseph Kestner
Protest and Reform
The British Social Narrative by Women
1827-1867
Methuen

First published in Great Britain in 1985 by
Methuen & Co. Ltd
11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE
Published in the United States of America by
The University of Wisconsin Press
© 1985 The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Printed in the United States of America
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced
or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical or other means,
now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording,
or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writ-
ing from the publishers.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Kestner, Joseph
Protest and reform: the British social
narrative by women, 1827-1867.
1. English fiction — Women authors — History
and criticism 2. English fiction —19th
century — History and criticism 3. England
in literature
I. Title
823'.8'09355 PR868.W62
ISBN 0-416-39410-8
For Anna
Contents
Acknowledgments ix
1 The Social Narrative 3
2 The Early Decades 22
3 The Eighteen Forties 67
4 The Eighteen Fifties 142
5 The Achievement 193
Bibliography 217
Index 233
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