The Woman Who Did by Grant Allen
"The Woman Who Did" by Grant Allen is a novel published in 1895. It follows Herminia Barton, a Cambridge-educated woman who deliberately chooses to live with the man she loves without marriage, challenging Victorian social conventions. When tragedy strikes and she becomes a single mother, Herminia dreams of becoming a role model for her daughter and other women. But her principles come at a devastating personal cost, as those closest to her
struggle to accept her unconventional choices in a society bound by rigid moral codes. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Allen, Grant, 1848-1899 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Woman Who Did |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woman_Who_Did |
| Credits |
Produced by Charles Aldarondo and Don Lainson. HTML version by Al Haines. Corrections by Menno de Leeuw. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 78.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | England -- Fiction |
| Subject | Domestic fiction |
| Subject | Mothers and daughters -- Fiction |
| Subject | Women -- England -- Fiction |
| Subject | Feminists -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 4396 |
| Release Date | Aug 1, 2003 |
| Most Recently Updated | Feb 7, 2026 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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