Books by Marion Shaw

This book is concerned with the fiction and drama of the period, the poetry having been the subject of a separate book in the Writers and their Work series.

This book outlines the public discourses around marriage in the 19th century, the legal reforms achieved as a result of public pressure, and the ways in which these laws and economic concerns impacted on the marital relationship, drawing on life writing, journalism, and conduct books.

Margaret Oliphant (1828-97) had a prolific literary career that spanned almost fifty years