A biographical and critical sketch of Harriet Martineau from the Famous Women series. It follows the life and writings of the Victorian social thinker and author, drawing on her autobiography and later sources. Listen for a clear portrait of a pioneering woman whose work shaped nineteenth-century social debate.
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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.
Opening of the book
Famous Women. HARRIET MARTINEAU. Already published: George Eliot. By Miss Blind. Emily Brontë. By Miss Robinson. George Sand. By Miss Thomas. Mary Lamb. By Mrs. Gilchrist. Margaret Fuller. By Julia Ward Howe. Maria Edgeworth. By Miss Zimmern. Elizabeth Fry. By Mrs. E. R. Pitman. The Countess of Albany. By Vernon Lee. Mary Wollstonecraft. By Mrs. E. R. Pennell. Harriet Martineau. By Mrs. F. Fenwick Miller. Rachel. By Mrs. Nina H. Kennard. Madame Roland. By Mathilde Blind. Susanna Wesley. By Eliza Clarke. Margaret of Angoulême. By Miss Robinson. Mrs. Siddons. By Mrs. Nina H. Kennard. Madame de Staël. By Bella Duffy. FAMOUS WOMEN HARRIET MARTINEAU. BY MRS. F. FENWICK MILLER.
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