Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-250) and index.
Contents
Married love and its consequences -- Virtuous libertines and liberated virgins : Sir Charles Grandison -- "No small part of a woman's portion" : love, duty, and society in Persuasion -- Feminism and contract theory in He knew he was right -- Margaret Oliphant's women who want too much -- Liberalism and feminism : the end of the line.