This vintage volume contains a detailed catalogue of female fiction writers who lived during the Victorian era. This book will appeal to those with an interest in Victorian authors, and includes a wealth of interesting and insightful biographical information, analyses of writing and styles, information on popularity and critical reception, and much more. The chapters of this book include: "The Sisters Bronte", "George Elliot", "Mrs. Gaskell", "Mrs. Crowe", "Mrs. Archer Clive", "Mrs. Henry Wood", "Lady Georgiana Fullerton", "Mrs. Stretton", "Anne Manning", "Dinah Mulock", "Julia Kavanagh", "Amelia Blandford Adwards", "Mrs. Norton", etcetera. Many antiquarian books such as this are increasingly hard to come by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this text now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.