Contains three early examples of the genre of New Woman writing, each portraying women in ways wholly different to those which had gone before. This title includes "Kith and Kin" (1881), "Miss Brown" and "The Wing of Azrael".

Carolyn W de la L Oulton, Brenda Ayres, Karen Yuen, Alexandra Warwick

I: The Wing of Azrael; Preface; Introduction 8; 1: Mist; 2: A Young Man Called Momus; 3: Philip Dendraith; 4: Religious Difficulties; 5: Breaking Bounds; 6: The Custodian of The Castle; 7: Murder; 8: A Symposium; 9: Alternatives; 10: Adrienne; 11: The Spider and The Fly; 12: A Working Hypothesis; 13: A Crisis; 14: Decided; 2: The Wing of Azrael; 15: Betrothed; 16: Without Mercy; 17: Adrift; 18: An Encounter; 19: In Vain; 20: A Bad Beginning; 21: Upton Castle; 22: Exiled; 23: A Select Circle; 24: Guide, Philosopher, and Friend; 25: The West Wing; 26: Sibella; 27: Conspiracy; 28: 'The Human Comedy'; 3: The Wing of Azrael; 29: A Dangerous Acquaintance; 30: A Tough Battle; 31: The Shirt of Nessus 9; 32: Daughter of The Endless Night; 33: Dust to Dust; 34: In Grim Earnest; 35: A Perilous Project; 36: The Whirlpool of Fate; 37: Last Days; 38: Darkness