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Thomson examines Spence's portrayal of women, marriage and society in her novels, noting the degree to which she criticizes the nineteenth-century status quo and suggests reforms which would liberate women, married or unmarried.
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101-116/austlit/page/0?nodeType=fullText&ftdir=4618616678027568293-105823&ftaid=C265592Love and Labour : Marriage and Work in the Novels of Catherine Helen Spence