PAGE CHAPTER I. MARGARET CAVENDISH, DUCHESS OF NEWCASTLE (1624-1674)-- APHRA BEHN (1640-1689)--MARY MANLEY (1672-1724) 1 CHAPTER II. SARAH FIELDING (1710-1768)--ELIZA HAYWOOD (1693-1756)-- CHARLOTTE LENNOX (1720-1766)--FRANCES SHERIDAN (1724-1766) 24 CHAPTER III. FRANCES BURNEY (1752-1840) 45 CHAPTER IV. HANNAH MORE (1745-1833) 62 CHAPTER V. CHARLOTTE SMITH (1749-1806)--ELIZABETH INCHBALD (1753-1821) 73 CHAPTER VI. CLARA REEVE (1725-1803)--ANN RADCLIFFE (1764-1822)--SOPHIA LEE (1750-1824)--HARRIET LEE (1766-1851) 88 CHAPTER VII. MARIA EDGEWORTH (1767-1849)--LADY MORGAN (1783-1859) 111 CHAPTER VIII. ELIZABETH HAMILTON (1758-1816)--ANNA PORTER (1780-1832)--JANE PORTER (1776-1850) 133 CHAPTER IX. AMELIA OPIE (1769-1853)--MARY BRUNTON (1778-1818) 149 CHAPTER X. JANE AUSTEN (1775-1817) 157 CHAPTER XI. SUSAN EDMONSTONE FERRIER (1782-1854)--MARY RUSSELL MITFORD (1787-1855)--ANNA MARIA HALL (1800-1881) 179 CHAPTER XII. LADY CAROLINE LAMB (1785-1828)--MARY SHELLEY (1797-1851) 200 CHAPTER XIII. CATHERINE GRACE FRANCES GORE (1799-1861)--ANNA ELIZA BRAY (1790-1883) 216 CHAPTER XIV. JULIA PARDOE (1806-1862)--FRANCES TROLLOPE (1780-1863)-- HARRIET MARTINEAU (1802-1876) 231 CHAPTER XV. EMILY BRONTË (1818-1848)--ANNE BRONTË (1820-1849)-- CHARLOTTE BRONTË (1816-1855) 247 CHAPTER XVI. ELIZABETH CLEGHORN GASKELL (1810-1865) 274 CONCLUSION 293 INDEX 297 WOMAN'S WORK IN ENGLISH FICTION CHAPTER I The Duchess of Newcastle. Mrs. Behn. Mrs. Manley