Caroline Norton is probably most well-known for being a committed advocate for creating equality in marriage between a husband and wife. Her public campaigning led to the successful passing of a number of parliamentary acts, including the Married Women's Property Act of 1870 and the Matrimonial Causes Act of 1857. Alongside this work, Caroline was a successful poet and novelist and this collection includes a plethora of poetry, novels and pamphlets including 'The Sorrows of Rosalie' (1829), 'A Plain Letter to the Lord Chancellor' (1839) and 'The Dream' (1840), the latter of which earned her the title of the 'Byron of her sex' from the Quarterly magazine.

This is the first volume of a three volume collection of the correspondence of Caroline Norton, covering the period July 1828-Deember 1837. The collection also includes an introduction and five commentaries by the editor, contextualising and embedding Caroline’s literary and political achievements within the narrative of her letters.

This is the second volume of a three volume collection of the correspondence of Caroline Norton, covering the period January 1838-November 1857. The collection also includes an introduction and five commentaries by the editor, contextualising and embedding Caroline’s literary and political achievements within the narrative of her letters.

This is the third volume of a three volume collection of the correspondence of Caroline Norton, covering the period February 1858-June 1877. The collection also includes an introduction and five commentaries by the editor, contextualising and embedding Caroline’s literary and political achievements within the narrative of her letters.

As the first nineteenth century woman to successfully campaign for women’s rights legislation, Caroline Norton has been comparatively neglected and under-researched. There is, however, a current and growing interest in her life and work. This is a new three volume collection of the correspondence of Caroline Norton. The collection includes over 750 of her letters and also features an introduction by the editors, contextualising and embedding Caroline’s literary and political achievements within the narrative of her letters.