Women Who Shaped the Novel ebook

Meet the heroines, families and fiercely independent minds that changed the course of the novel. Women Who Shaped the Novel gathers fifteen complete classics by Jane Austen, Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë, Elizabeth Gaskell and Louisa May Alcott. From Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights to North and South, Little Women and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, these works explore love, class, ambition, morality and a woman's right to choose her own life. The collection's integrated table of contents creates a smooth reading journey across authors and eras. An essential anthology for admirers of classic literature, historical romance, coming-of-age fiction and unforgettable female characters, this volume celebrates the writers who expanded what the novel could achieve.