Selected Writings of Hannah More

Hannah More was a member of the London literary scene and friend of Samuel Johnson, David Garrick and Joshua Reynolds.

She formed a part of the self-styled "Blue Stockings" circle led by Elizabeth Montagu, Elizabeth Carter, and Elizabeth Vesey.

Her morally-restrictive and political reactionary teachings confronted the arguments of both radicals and feminists.

This volume collects some of her writings on women illustrating her views of the proper role of women in the upper, middle and lower orders of society.

The collection includes extracts from "Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education", a selection of her letters from London in the 1770s, her poems "The Bas Bleu" and "The Sorrows of Yambu", and also her satirical essay "The White Slave Trade and four short fictional tales".