Harriet Martineau's Autobiography

The unusual and candid autobiography of writer Harriet Martineau (1802–1876), first published in 1877.

Harriet Martineau (Author), Maria Weston Chapman (Author)

9781108022583, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 18 November 2010

506 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2.9 cm, 0.64 kg

Harriet Martineau (1802–1876) was a British writer who was one of the first social theorists to examine all aspects of a society, including class, religion, national character and the status of women. These volumes, first published in 1877, contain Martineau's unusual autobiography. Written in three months in 1855 when she believed herself to be dying, the original two volumes remained unaltered despite her recovery and continued writing. The third volume, covering the remainder of Martineau's life, was written by her friend and literary executor, Maria Chapman, who had access to Martineau's private papers. These works were the first substantial published account of Martineau's life and work, and remain a remarkable example of the genre for Martineau's vivid descriptions and candid, outspoken opinions of Victorian society. Volume 3 contains Chapman's biography of Martineau. For more information on this author, see http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=martha

Introduction
1. Infancy
2. Youth
3. Womanhood
4. Fame
5. Foreign life - western
6. Consequences - without
7. Consequences - within
8. Consequences - to life passive
9. Foreign life - eastern
10. Home
11. Philosophy
12. The life sorrow
13. Work
14. Fresh foreign intercourse
15. Conversations
16. Waiting for death
17. Self-estimate, and other
18. Survivorship.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 [DSBF]