LIBRARY AND EARLY WOMEN'S WRITING
NOVELS-ON-LINE
The project
Novels-On-Line is an ongoing project making freely accessible full-text transcripts of some of the rarest works in the Chawton House Library collection. These texts, which explore such broad-ranging themes as satire, slavery, marriage, witchcraft and piracy, signal the rich texture and innovative character of women's writing in the period 1600 to 1830. In bringing these little-known novels to a wider audience, it is hoped to stimulate interest in these works amongst a new generation of readers and to encourage critical scholarship of some of the more obscure texts and authors represented in the collection.
Please note that the texts are completely unedited and have been copied from the originals as accurately as possible. Even obvious printer errors have been retained.
We are very grateful to the many contributors who have worked painstakingly on the Novels-On-Line texts, particularly Kate Moulton who co-ordinated the preparation of many of the novels. If you would like to contribute to this exciting venture, please contact the library staff on 01420 541010 or .
