{"product_id":"frances-trollope-and-the-novel-brenda-ayres-9780313317552","title":"Frances Trollope and the Novel of Social Change","description":"\u003cp\u003eVictorian writer Frances Trollope has largely been relegated to a mere footnote in literary history as simply the mother of Anthony. Equally unfortunate is that, aside from her nonfiction work \u003ci\u003eDomestic Manners of the Americans\u003c\/i\u003e, her 34 novels have been out of print since the nineteenth century. She was, nonetheless, the most provocative female writer of the early Victorian period who used the novel to impel social change. She has been credited for writing the first anti-slavery novel that predates \u003ci\u003eUncle Tom's Cabin\u003c\/i\u003e, along with a number of works that incited reform legislation regarding bastardy clauses, poor laws, and labor conditions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExpert contributors examine her life and writings, her social activism, and the impact of her works. The book includes discussions of her influence on Anthony Trollope, the rivalry between Frances Trollope and Charles Dickens, her belief in the power of female friendship, her ambivalence toward the ability of women to effect social change, her thoughts on Evangelicalism, her views on women and aging, and her innovative contribution to early crime fiction. Contributors argue for the value of reprinting her novels and travel books and point to her enduring literary legacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brenda Ayres\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0313317550\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780313317552\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.10w x 0.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2002 pg. 217","brand":"Brenda Ayres","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47579581120767,"sku":"9780313317552","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8ea7c5cf-19c1-4e73-a679-7be4d1942176.jpg?v=1763875187","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/frances-trollope-and-the-novel-brenda-ayres-9780313317552","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}