Prose by Victorian Women

Introduction

First published in 1996. The first modern collection of its kind, this anthology includes unabridged essays written by 19th century Britain’s most eminent women intellectuals - the female counterparts to the Victorian men of letters.

Writing on topics ranging from animal rights and trade unions to aesthetic theory and literary criticism, the women whose rare and hard-to-find works are presented in this anthology include Mary Russell Mitford, George Eliot, Lady Elizabeth Eastlake, Isabella Bird Bishop, Anne Thackeray Ritchie, Sarah Grand and others.