The Vicar of Bullhampton by Anthony Trollope
First published in 1870, this is the tale of a young clergyman's attempts to prove a man's innocence and restore his sister, a prostitute, to society. By choosing a prostitute as his central female character, Trollope boldy addressed a topical question of the day: how could women live independently without falling into prostitution or adopting the more extreme political attitudes of feminism?