Harriet Martineau by Florence Fenwick Miller

Description

Miller’s Harriet Martineau traces her subject from an anxious, bookish childhood in Norwich through the extraordinary success of her Illustrations of Political Economy, which made her famous across Europe, to the long middle years in which she turned a deaf ear on convention and spoke directly to the reading public on whatever she thought needed saying.

The biography glows with admiration but remains clear-eyed, showing Martineau’s illnesses, her quarrels, and her passionate commitments along with her achievements. It is both a portrait of a remarkable woman and a window onto everything a Victorian intellectual could be.

Why readers still come back to it

• The standard early biography of a giant of Victorian letters.
• Written by a contemporary and fellow campaigner for women’s rights.
• Covers Martineau’s economics, novels, journalism, and crusades.

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