Memoirs of Emma Courtney (1796) is a novel by English writer and feminist Mary Hays. Inspired by events from her own life, as well as by her acquaintance with r

This moving novel tells the story of Adeline Mowbray, a young woman struggling to balance her own desires and ambitions with the expectations of her family and

The rise of the novel and of the ideal nuclear family was no mere coincidence, argues Susan C. Greenfield in this fascinating look at the construction of modern