The Lecturess

The Lecturess which was written and published in 1839. This novel is about a young woman named Marian, Marian is torn between falling into the ideal woman’s’ sphere of that time and following her heart and being a lecturess. Throughout this novel we meet a few different characters who either believe that she should be a lecturess such as her mother. While others believe that she should just fall into place as woman of this time period such as her good friend Sophia. Marian is torn between her will to be a lecturess and fight the ideal woman’s sphere of that time period which is a woman should be at home and taking care of their husbands and family. However, she does not want to fall into this sphere and wants to fight it and stand for what she believes, which is that a woman should have a voice and be able to state it and not be punished or pushed aside because of it. The author of The Lecturess flip flops throughout the novel as to which side she stands on. At the beginning of the novel the author is somewhat saying that Marian should stand for what she believes in a do what she wants which is to be a lecturess. She is on Marian’s side in the beginning of the novel, showing the power and fight that Marian has to stand with what she believes and that what she is doing is powerful. However, throughout the
While both authors from The Lecturess, uses Sophia to show that there is nothing wrong with being a stay at home mother, and the article both show this. Even though Sophia did not have the choice to stay at home she was honored to be where she was this was the same as the author from the article. Sophia and Jamie Davis Smith both had strong relationships with their husbands, and believed they are doing what they should be. Yet at the same time they are happy to be where they are and would not change anything about their