Female Friendships and Communities: Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot, Elizabeth Gaskell

by Pauline Nestor

How did 19th-century female writers portray relationships amongst women? How were female friendships and communities reflected in the mirror of women's texts? Exploring this subject through the work of three major women novelists-Elizabeth Gaskell, Charlotte Bronte, and George Eliot-Nestor examines their writings, thier lives, and their attitudes towards and relationships with women in the context of 19th-century social history. The period between...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019812838X
• ISBN13: 9780198128380
• Release Date: December 1985
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.