Wee Wifie
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A good fit for
- English-language readers who enjoy Victorian domestic fiction
- Researchers of nineteenth-century British women's writing and domestic ideals
- Learners who want to practice reading a long English work with a public-domain e-text
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- Readers seeking in-depth biographical and textual scholarship on the author and her work
Reading tips
- Read the opening chapters first to get familiar with the characters and the period tone, then decide whether to read closely or skim.
- Keep a character-relationship chart as you read to avoid confusion in a long novel.
- Read alongside other British women's fiction of the same period to compare domestic narratives.
- Use the search function of the e-text to locate key episodes for citation.
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About the author
Rosa Nouchette Carey (1840–1909) was a nineteenth-century British novelist known for coming-of-age stories written for girls and young women. Her works usually center on family life and the moral choices and emotional trials that girls face as they enter adulthood, in a gentle, realistic style with a clear didactic and inspirational purpose. The library holds eleven of her works, including Lover or Friend, Our Bessie, Wee Wifie, Uncle Max, Herb of Grace, Esther: A Book for Girls, Doctor Luttrell's First Patient and Not Like Other Girls, showing that her subject matter concentrates on girls' growth and domestic ethics. Because public information is limited, details of her life cannot be given in full, but it is clear that her writing had some influence on the juvenile reading of her time and is often classed as inspirational coming-of-age fiction.
