Heroines of missionary adventure: The portrayal of victorian women missionaries in popular fiction and biography

Women of Faith in Victorian Culture: Reassessing the 'Angel in the House'

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 172-185

  Gill, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-26749-1     Document Type: Chapter

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