1. Home
  2. Education
  3. Classic Literature
Famous women writers like Virginia Woolf, Mary Shelly, Aphra Behn, George Eliot, and others are important figures in literary history. Read more about their lives and works.
Books About 19th-Century Women Writers
In the study of 19th-century Victorian literature, women writers like Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters, George Eliot, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Mary Shelley are fixtures in our imagination; but who are the other women writers of the period? Read more about 19th-Century Women Writers.
Women Writers
Famous women writers like Virginia Woolf, Mary Shelly, Aphra Behn, George Eliot, and others are important figures in literary history. Read more about their lives and works.

Explore Classic Literature

About.com Special Features

A Smarter Future

Tips that will help finance your education, excel in the classroom, and advance your career. More >

How to Ace the GRE

Being well prepared is the first step; here are more essential suggestions. More >

  1. Home
  2. Education
  3. Classic Literature
  4. A-Z Literature & Authors
  5. A-to-Z Writers
  6. Women Writers

©2009 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company.

All rights reserved.