The family, marriage, and radicalism in British women's novels of the 1790s : public affection and private affliction /

"This book explores the ways in which five female radical novelists of the 1790s--Elizabeth Inchbald, Eliza Fenwick, Mary Hays, Charlotte Smith, and Mary Wollstonecraft--attempt to use the components of private life to work toward widespread social reform"--provided by publisher.