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Cover of New Woman Fiction, 1881-1899

New Woman Fiction, 1881-1899

Edited by Carolyn W. de la L. Oulton

  • Published: 1 May 2011
  • DOI: 10.4324/9781851966431
  • Set ISBN: 9781851966431

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Ouida, The Massarenes (1897)


It was Ouida, of course, who invented the collocation ‘the New Woman’. Formulated in an article that appeared three years before her final completed novel, The Massarenes (1897), was published, the phrase encapsulated a highly topical media and social phenomenon. The article was ostensibly a response to a piece by Sarah Grand that had appeared in the same magazine a few months previously, ‘The New Aspect of the Woman Question’, but, as the general introduction to this series shows, the idea if not the name of the ‘New Woman’ had been coalescing for some time. While an enormous amount has been written on the ‘New Woman’ as both fictional construct and figure in everyday life, what Ouida’s version of the ‘New Woman’ was remains less clear than it might.

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    Front Matter
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    Introduction By Andrew King
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    The Massarenes: A Novel By Louise de la Ramee
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      Notice
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      Chapter I
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      Chapter II
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      Chapter III
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      Chapter IV
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      Chapter V
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      Chapter VI
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      Chapter VII
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      Chapter VIII
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      Chapter IX
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      Chapter X
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      Chapter XI
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      Chapter XII
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      Chapter XIII
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      Chapter XIV
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      Chapter XV
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      Chapter XVI
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      Chapter XVII
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      Chapter XVIII
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      Chapter XIX
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      Chapter XX
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      Chapter XXI
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      Chapter XXV
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      Chapter XXVI
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      Chapter XXVII
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      Chapter XXVIII
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      Chapter XXIX
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      Chapter XXX
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      Chapter XXXI
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      Chapter XXXV
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      Chapter XXXVI
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      Chapter XXXVII
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      Chapter XXXVIII
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      Chapter XXXIX
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      Chapter XL
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      Chapter XLI
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      Chapter XLII
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      Chapter XLIII
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      Chapter XLV
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      Chapter XLVI
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      Chapter XLVII
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      Chapter XLVIII
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    Back Matter