Covers four texts from the 1890s that helped to crystallize the idea of the 'New Woman' during a period where the role of women was increasingly debated and challenged, not least due to the growth of the suffrage movement

I: Nobody's Fault; 1: Chapter I; 2: Chapter II; 3: Chapter III; 4: Chapter IV; 5: Chapter V; 6: Chapter VI; 7: Chapter VII; II: Part II; 8: Chapter VIII; 9: Chapter IX; 10: Chapter X; 11: Chapter XI; 12: Chapter XII; 13: Chapter XIII; 14: Chapter XIV; 15: Chapter XV; 16: Chapter XVI; III: Netta Syrett; 17: School; 18: The C.T.C.; 19: A Visit; 20: The Swansea High School; 21: London; 22: Friends - and Marriages; 23: Friends - and Parties; 24: An Unorthodox School; 25: The 'Playgoers' Play'; 26: Still Theatrical; 27: Italy And The Riviera; 28: Enter 'Peter' By Way of The Dream Garden; 29: Paris; 30: The Thorps and 'The Decoy'; 31: Jack; 32: Chapter XVI Thomas Hardy - The Pen CluB; 33: The Pre-War Russian Ballet: Plays and Pageants; 34: Soho Square; 35: Chapter XIX The Children's Theatre; 36: The Outbreak of War; 37: Hamilton Terrace; 38: Italy Again; 39: Ebury Street; 40: 'Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On'