{"product_id":"autobiography","title":"Autobiography","description":"\u003cp\u003e\nHarriet 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.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nThis 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.\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadview Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66233282953565,"sku":null,"price":34.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/3893\/2573\/files\/9781551115559.jpg?v=1792199207","url":"https:\/\/shop.gazellebookservices.co.uk\/products\/autobiography","provider":"Gazelle Book Services","version":"1.0","type":"link"}