The collected letters of Harriet Martineau. Volume 2, Letters 1837-1845

This five-volume set brings together the surviving letters penned by Harriet Martineau, the nineteenth-century writer and women's rights advocate. Throughout her fifty-year career, Harriet Martineau's prolific literary output was matched only by her exchanges with a range of high-profile British, American and European correspondents. This set focuses on the letters written by Martineau, contextualising the correspondence through annotation of the highest standard. This book is a unique and highly valuable resource for students of, and others interested in, the history of feminism. Throughout her fifty-year career, Harriet Martineau's prolific literary output was matched only by her exchanges with a range of high-profile British, American and European correspondents. This set focuses on the letters written by Martineau, contextualising the correspondence through annotation of the highest standard. Volume 2 covers her letters from 1837–1845. V. 1. Letters 1819-1837 -- V. 2. Letters 1837-1845 -- V. 3. Letters 1845-1855 -- V. 4. Letters 1856-1862 -- V. 5. Letters 1863-1876. Edited By Deborah Anna Logan. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.