![Book Cover of The Woman Who Did](/image/book/the-woman-who-did.webp)
The Woman Who Did
by Grant Allen
'The Woman Who Did ' Summary
Herminia Barton, the Cambridge-educated daughter of a clergyman, frees herself from her parents' influence, moves to London and starts living alone. As she is not a woman of independent means, she starts working as a teacher. When she meets and falls in love with Alan Merrick, a lawyer, she suggests they live together without getting married. Reluctantly, he agrees, and the couple move to Italy. There, in Florence, Merrick dies of typhoid before their daughter Dolores is born. Legal technicalities and the fact that the couple were not married prevent Herminia from inheriting any of Merrick's money.
Dreaming of being a role model for Dolores and her friends, Herminia returns to England and raises her daughter as a single mother. She wants to show the younger generation that even as a woman there is something one can do about the unfair position of women in society—a small step maybe, but with more and larger steps to follow soon. However, Dolores turns out to be ashamed of her mother's unmarried state and gradually turns against her. Eventually, Herminia chooses to make a huge sacrifice for her daughter's benefit and commits suicide.
Book Details
Language
EnglishOriginal Language
EnglishPublished In
1895Author
![Grant Allen image](/thumbs/image/author/grant-allen.webp)
Grant Allen
Canada
Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen was a Canadian science writer and novelist, educated in England. He was a public promoter of evolution in the second half of the nineteenth cen...
More on Grant AllenDownload eBooks
Listen/Download Audiobook
- Select Speed
Related books
![The Lost World Cover image](/thumbs/image/book/the-lost-world.webp)
The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Lost World is a science fiction novel by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, published in 1912, concerning an expedition to a plateau in the Amazon...
![The Prairie Wife Cover image](/thumbs/image/book/the-prairie-wife.webp)
The Prairie Wife by Arthur Stringer
It tells the story of a young woman named Jessie Drummond, who travels to the Canadian prairies to marry her fiancé, but soon finds herself caught up...
![Cinnamon and Angelica Cover image](/thumbs/image/book/cinnamon-and-angelica.webp)
Cinnamon and Angelica by John Middleton Murry
A mesmerizing novel by John Middleton Murry that explores the complexities of love, identity, and the shifting social dynamics of early 20th-century E...
![The Tribulations of a Chinaman in China Cover image](/thumbs/image/book/the-tribulations-of-a-chinaman-in-china.webp)
The Tribulations of a Chinaman in China by Jules Verne
The story is about a rich Chinese man, Kin-Fo, who is bored with life, and after some business misfortune decides to die.
![The Damnation of Theron Ware Cover image](/thumbs/image/book/the-damnation-of-theron-ware.webp)
The Damnation of Theron Ware by Harold Frederic
The Damnation of Theron Ware is an 1896 novel by American author Harold Frederic. Set in upstate New York, the novel presents a portrait of 19th-centu...
![Oldtown Folks Cover image](/thumbs/image/book/oldtown-folks.webp)
Oldtown Folks by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Oldtown Folks is an 1869 novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It is written from the first-person perspective of a young man named Horace Holyoke,...
![The Little Grey House Cover image](/thumbs/image/book/the-little-grey-house.webp)
The Little Grey House by Marion Ames Taggart
Amidst the vast expanse of the American prairie, nestled amidst a sea of tall grasses and wildflowers, stands the unassuming Little Grey House. This h...
![The Blue Aunt Cover image](/thumbs/image/book/the-blue-aunt.webp)
The Blue Aunt by Eliza Orne White
Have you ever wondered what lies beyond the veil of reality? Eleanor has always been fascinated by her aunt's strange behavior. She dresses in blue a...
![The Girl From Malta Cover image](/thumbs/image/book/the-girl-from-malta.webp)
The Girl From Malta by Fergus Hume
During a voyage from Australia to Britain, Ronald Monteith is fascinated by fellow-traveller, Lionel Ventin. One sultry evening, shortly before arrivi...
![The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton Cover image](/thumbs/image/book/the-double-life-of-mr-alfred-burton.webp)
The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Mr. Alfred Burton is a respectable businessman with a seemingly ordinary life. But when he is found dead in his office, it becomes clear that he was l...
Reviews for The Woman Who Did
No reviews posted or approved, yet...