What Has Been, A Novel by Eliza Kirkham Mathews

What Has Been, originally published in 1801, is an affecting, lively, and accessible read for scholars and students of the long eighteenth century. This critical edition includes an extensive introduction, notes, and appendices. Eliza Kirkham Mathews’ portrait of a struggling female novelist connects and also distinguishes What Has Been from novels by now-canonical female authors of this period. S...