Living by the Pen traces the pattern of the development of women's fiction from 1696 to 1796 and offers an interpretation of its distinctive features. It focuses upon the writers rather than their works, and identifies professional novelists. Through examination of the extra-literary context, and particularly the publishing market, the book asks why and how women earned a living by the pen. Cheryl Turner has researched and lectured widely in the field of eighteenth-century women's writing.

This is the first substantial biography of More for 50 years and the first to make extensive use of her unpublished correspondence.

This book explores and examines the political philosophies of enlightenment women across Europe in the eighteenth century.