TY - BOOK AU - Spence,Catherine Helen TI - Mr. Hogarth's Will AV - PR PY - 2003/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Australia -- Fiction KW - Inheritance and succession -- Fiction KW - Sisters -- Fiction KW - Scotland -- Fiction N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_Hogarth%27s_Will; Release date is 2003-07-01; Produced by Col Choat. HTML version by Al Haines; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Mr. Hogarth's Will" by Catherine Helen Spence is a novel published in 1864. Two Scottish nieces who expected to inherit their uncle's fortune discover he has left everything to an unknown son instead. Forced to make their own way in the world without assistance, the sisters must navigate unemployment and poverty while maintaining their independence. This early feminist work combines social commentary on women's economic struggles with elements of domestic realism, comparing life in Scotland and colonial Australia while questioning whether birth or personal merit should determine one's worth. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4224 ER -