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| CHAPTER I. |
| Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle(1624-1674)—Aphra Behn(1640-1689)—Mary Manley (1672-1724) | [1] |
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| CHAPTER II. |
| Sarah Fielding (1710-1768)—ElizaHaywood (1693-1756)—CharlotteLennox (1720-1766)—Frances Sheridan(1724-1766) | [24] |
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| CHAPTER III. |
| Frances Burney (1752-1840) | [45] |
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| CHAPTER IV. |
| Hannah More (1745-1833) | [62] |
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| CHAPTER V. |
| Charlotte Smith (1749-1806)—ElizabethInchbald (1753-1821) | [73] |
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| CHAPTER VI. |
| Clara Reeve (1725-1803)—Ann Radcliffe(1764-1822)—Sophia Lee(1750-1824)—Harriet Lee (1766-1851) | [88] |
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| CHAPTER VII. |
| Maria Edgeworth (1767-1849)—LadyMorgan (1783-1859) | [111] |
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| CHAPTER VIII. |
| Elizabeth Hamilton (1758-1816)—AnnaPorter (1780-1832)—JanePorter (1776-1850) | [133] |
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| CHAPTER IX. |
| Amelia Opie (1769-1853)—Mary Brunton(1778-1818) | [149] |
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| CHAPTER X. |
| Jane Austen (1775-1817) | [157] |
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| CHAPTER XI. |
| Susan Edmonstone Ferrier (1782-1854)—MaryRussell Mitford (1787-1855)—AnnaMaria Hall (1800-1881) | [179] |
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| CHAPTER XII. |
| Lady Caroline Lamb (1785-1828)—MaryShelley (1797-1851) | [200] |
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| CHAPTER XIII. |
| Catherine Grace Frances Gore (1799-1861)—AnnaEliza Bray (1790-1883) | [216] |
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| CHAPTER XIV. |
| Julia Pardoe (1806-1862)—FrancesTrollope (1780-1863)—Harriet Martineau(1802-1876) | [231] |
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| CHAPTER XV. |
| Emily Brontë (1818-1848)—AnneBrontë (1820-1849)—CharlotteBrontë (1816-1855) | [247] |
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| CHAPTER XVI. |
| Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810-1865) | [274] |
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| Conclusion | [293] |
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| Index | [297] |