The Odd Women
- First published
- 1893
- Reading level
- Plain English
- Price
- Free
About the book
"The Odd Women" by George Gissing is a novel published in 1893. Set in Victorian England, where women vastly outnumber men, the story follows several unmarried women navigating a society that expects marriage but offers few prospects. Among them are Rhoda, who runs a secretarial school while resisting romance, and Monica, trapped in a suffocating marriage born of desperation. As jealousy, pride, and conflicting principles collide, these women face impossible choices between independence and convention, love and survival.
- London (England)
- Psychological fiction
- Sisters
- Single women
- Domestic fiction
- English fiction
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #4313. The Odd Women on Wikipedia.
