Woman's Work in English Fiction, from the Restoration to the Mid-Victorian Period

"Woman's Work in English Fiction, from the Restoration to the Mid-Victorian Period" by Clara H. Whitmore is an early 20th-century scholarly look at the often-overlooked impact of female writers on English fiction from the Restoration to the mid-Victorian age. The book seeks to revive recognition for these pioneering women by investigating how their viewpoints changed storytelling between the Restoration era and the mid-Victorian period, and focuses on those who have been ignored by literary history. Highlighting writers like the Duchess of Newcastle and Aphra Behn, it shows how these women fought a male-dominated literary world and how their unique storytelling influenced the English novel's evolution from the beginning of English literature. Overall, this book argues for the importance of female authors, setting the stage for a broad examination of these forgotten writers and their influential roles in shaping English literary history.