1st Edition

Victorian Social Activists' Novels Vol 3

By Oliver Lovesey Copyright 2011

    The writers of these novels were involved in various types of activism, using approaches ranging from conservative amelioration to radical militancy. Their works employ a broad variety of genres from the novel of manners, sensation, education and vocation, to allegory, romance and lesbian fiction.

    Volume 3: Introduction to Mary Eleanor Benson, At Sundry Times and in Divers Manners, Note on the Text, Mary Eleanor Benson, At Sundry Times and in Divers Manners (1891), Appendices, Appendix 1: from In Defence of Domestic Service: A Reply (1890) Appendix 2: from Streets and Lanes of the City (1891),Editorial Notes