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Mona Caird

Mona Caird (née Mona Alison, also called Alice Mona Henryson Caird) (c. 1854 - 1932) was a Scottish novelist and essayist whose feminist views sparked controversy in the late 19th century.

Writings of Mona Caird

* Whom Nature Leadeth (1883) novel

* One That Wins (1887) novel

* Marriage (1888) essay

* The Wing Of Azrael (1889) novel

* The Emancipation of the Family (1890) essay

* A Romance Of The Moors (1891) stories

* The Yellow Drawing-Room (1892) story

* A Defence of the So-Called Wild Women (1892) essay

* The Daughters Of Danaus (1894) novel

* The Sanctuary Of Mercy 1895) essay

* A Sentimental View Of Vivisection (1895) essay

* Beyond the Pale: An Appeal on Behalf of the Victims of Vivisection (1897) extended essay

* The Morality of Marriage and Other Essays on the Status and Destiny of Women (1897) essays

* The Pathway Of The Gods (1898) novel

* The Ethics of Vivisection (1900) essay

* The Logicians: An episode in dialogue (1902) play

* Romantic Cities Of Provence (1906) travel

* Militant Tactics and Woman's Suffrage (1908) essay

* The Stones Of Sacrifice (1915) essay

* The Great Wave (1931) novel


“The world is full of tragedy; and sympathy, a little common sympathy, can do so much to soften the worst of grief. It is for the lack of that, that people despair and go down.”
Mona Caird
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