women novelists

Newlyweds Charles and Kate Sheridan host an automobile exhibition attended by such inventors and investors as the young Charles Rolls and Henry Royce and find themselves investigating the murder of an automobile builder.

Biography of the English author whose novels were a reflection of the social life and conventions of her time and examines her practice of placing her writing career and immediate family above personal relationships and profit.

Contains over 450 alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about various aspects of the life and work of early twentieth-century American novelist Edith Wharton; and includes photographs, illustrations, and a chronology of her writings.

Relates the life story of English fiction author Nina Bawden including her evacuation to the countryside during World War II, her years at Oxford, and an account of her son Niki who was diagnosed as a schizophrenic.

A fictional account of the lifelong friendship between Willow, a young Chinese girl, and Pearl, the daughter of Christian missionaries who would become the celebrated author, Pearl S. Buck. Young Pearl and Willow become friends in a small southern China town and share their experiences of growing up, love, and motherhood. When civil war erupts, Pearl is forced to leave the country while Willow's "imperialist" ties threaten her safety in Mao's regime. Though a world apart, the two women remain friends.

An autobiographical account by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton that chronicles her public and private life from her childhood in New York to her literary success as an adult.

Draws from collections of manuscripts and memorabilia in The British Library in London and the Bronte Parsonage Museum to provide an illustrated account of the life of nineteenth-century British author Charlotte Bronte.

An illustrated biography of early twentieth-century English writer Virginia Woolf, featuring photos of manuscript and diary excerpts from the British Library and other collections.

As she falls in love with an American writer and finds herself facing insanity, Anna attempts to weave the diverse experiences of her life into one story.