Silly Novels by Lady Novelists
- Authors
- Eliot, George
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Tags
- writing , classics , feminism
- ISBN
- 9780141192758
- Date
- 1856-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 2.02 MB
- Lang
- en
Describing the silliness and feminine fatuity of many popular books by lady novelists, George Eliot perfectly skewers the formulaic yet bestselling works that dominated her time, with their loveably flawed heroines.
Essay first published for Westminster Review in 1856.