num_pages: 431
description: 'Next To Being A Mother, I'd have loved to write books, ' confesses the diary entry for October 8, 1839 written by Nella Last (1890-1966), a devoted parent and housewife who fulfilled her desire for words by keeping a spirited daily record. Like letters, their diaries have been Englishwomen's most common sort of writing for centuries, expressing a resilient creative impulse that through serial writing could find outlet in a sanctioned form.
language: English
title: Capacious Hold-All: An Anthology of Englishwomen's Diary Writings
titlecomplete: Capacious Hold-All: An Anthology of Englishwomen's Diary Writings (Feminist Issues : Practice, Politics, Theory)
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Univ of Virginia Pr