Victorian Female Agency & Constraint

7 books · 5 clusters · 19th Century Social Worlds

female influence and subtle power (41) female generational conflict (37) domestic skills and female labor (37) late 19th/early 20th century social mobility (16) emotional vulnerability and desire in male suitors (8)
Cover of The Awakening

The Awakening

Chopin| Kate

Cover of North and South

North and South

Gaskell| Elizabeth Cleghorn

Cover of Sister Carrie

Sister Carrie

Dreiser| Theodore

Cover of The Mayor of Casterbridge

The Mayor of Casterbridge

Hardy| Thomas

Cover of Little Women

Little Women

Alcott| Louisa May

Cover of Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility

Austen| Jane

Cover of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Wollstonecraft| Mary