Gordon, Lyndall

Chronicles the life and career of Mary Wallstonecraft who is considered to be the founder of modern feminism, and describes her life and work in eighteenth-century Europe.

A biography of the English author, focusing on the passionate and fiery nature that lay behind her image as a modest Victorian lady.

A biography of the English author, focusing on the passionate and fiery nature that lay behind her image as a modest Victorian lady.

Explores the influence of two women on the work of nineteenth-century author Henry James, including his cousin Minny Temple, the heroine of his youth in New England, and writer Constance Fenimore Woolson, a friend of his middle years.

Examines the life of Emily Dickinson, discussing possible reasons for her isolation, such as an epileptic condition, and a personal and professional feud with the Todd family that began when her married brother, Ned, began an affair with Mabel Todd and persisted after Emily's death.