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Lifetime: 1825 - 1910 Passed: ≈ 114 years ago

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Catherine Helen Spence

Books by Catherine Helen Spence

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Mr Hogarth's Will

Fiction Drama Novel
Family 19th century Independence Inheritance Education Struggle Society Hope Relationships Feminism Empowerment Women social commentary Fiction Australia Novel Gender roles

Jane and Elsie Melville were raised by their kindly but eccentric uncle, Mr Hogarth who believed that women were just as good as men, and thus gave his nieces a boy's education. Upon his death, they find that he has left his entire fortune to his her...