Living by the pen: women writers in the eighteenth century

1. Earlier interpretations of the development of eighteenth-century women's fiction

2. Seventeenth-century foundations

3. The growth of eighteenth-century women's fiction

4. Professional authorship

the alternatives for women

5. Women novelists and their publishers

6. Professional women novelists

earning an income

7. Access to women's fiction.

Appendix A. A catalogue of women's fiction published in book form 1696-1796

Appendix B. A chronological list of women authors 1696-1796.