{"product_id":"autobiography-book-harriet-martineau-9781551115559","title":"Autobiography","description":"\u003cp\u003e Harriet Martineau lived an extraordinary literary life. She became a reviewer and journalist in the 1820s when her family's fortune collapsed; published a best-selling series, \u003cem\u003eIllustrations of Political Economy\u003c\/em\u003e (1832-34), that made her fame and fortune by the age of thirty; overcame a hearing disability to become a literary lion in London society; toured the United States and wrote two founding texts of sociology based on her experiences; explored north Africa and the Middle East to observe non-European societies; wrote leaders (editorials) on slavery for the \u003cem\u003eLondon Daily News\u003c\/em\u003e during the American Civil War; and commented publicly on matters of politics, history, and religion in an era when women supposedly maintained their place in the sphere of domesticity. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e This edition of her \u003cem\u003eAutobiography\u003c\/em\u003e reproduces the original 1877 text, which Martineau composed in 1855 and had printed in anticipation of her death. It includes illustrations of the author and her homes; excerpts from the Memorials, added by her editor Maria Chapman; and reviews that praise and critique Martineau's method as an autobiographer and achievement as a Victorian woman of letters. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":50658138030353,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":50658139930897,"sku":"NGR9781551115559","price":29.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1551115557.jpg?v=1751087558","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/autobiography-book-harriet-martineau-9781551115559","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}