Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_of_the_Crossways

Release date is 2003-09-01

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"Diana of the Crossways — Volume 1" by George Meredith is a novel published in 1885, based on socialite Caroline Norton's life. Beautiful and intelligent Diana Warwick becomes entangled in political and social scandal when her efforts to help her husband through a friendship with a Cabinet minister backfire. Attempting to live independently as a writer, she finds her involvement in politics leads to both personal and public catastrophe. The work has been described as a feminist novel exploring themes of women's agency and independence. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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