George Eliot's Middlemarch and Dinah Mulock Craik's A Brave Lady

On the eve of the passing of the first Married Women's Property Act, Dinah Mulock Craik published A Brave Lady, a polemical novel advocating equal property rights for women. The issue of women's property also surfaced in George Eliot's Middle March with her heroine, Dorothea Brooke.

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Published in:Notes and queries 2004-06, Vol.51 (2), p.160-162
Main Author: Wynne, Deborah
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Craik, Dinah Mulock
Eliot, George (Mary Ann Evans) (1819-80)
Novels
Property rights
Women
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Summary:On the eve of the passing of the first Married Women's Property Act, Dinah Mulock Craik published A Brave Lady, a polemical novel advocating equal property rights for women. The issue of women's property also surfaced in George Eliot's Middle March with her heroine, Dorothea Brooke.
ISSN:0029-3970
1471-6941
DOI:10.1093/nq/510160a