As war brewed in Europe, the British novelist responded to a letter urging “daughters of educated men” to join in opposition to the conflict. Her surprising retort called for fair wages for women—not just to advance equality, but to hasten the fighting’s end.
A portrait of a Regency governess
“To read what one liked because one liked it, never to pretend to admire what one did not — that was his only lesson in the art of reading.”
“I ask nothing better than that all reviewers, for ever, and everywhere, should call me a highbrow. I will do my best to oblige them.”
