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Looking for suggestions for novels about female psychosis/hysteria?

tomhenryford · 2016-01-01 17:27:03

I'm researching the topic of female neurosis/hysteria, primarily from the Victoriana/Edwardian era. Looking for novels with characters along the lines of the wife in the attic in Jane Eyre or Mrs. Rogers in Then There Were None or even Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier. The types of characters that suffer from nervousness,…

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01-01-2016 6:27pm

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tomhenryford

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I'm researching the topic of female neurosis/hysteria, primarily from the Victoriana/Edwardian era.

Looking for novels with characters along the lines of the wife in the attic in Jane Eyre or Mrs. Rogers in Then There Were None or even Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier.

The types of characters that suffer from nervousness, madness, fainting spells, weakness, nightmares etc that often take to their bed, have a bad streak, constantly have maids and doctors looking after them.

Finding it really hard to google such novels even though I know it's quite prevalent in historical fiction.

Any help much appreciated.

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#2 01-01-2016 11:02pm
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The Yellow Wallpaper comes to mind.

Although it is a short story, not a novel so maybe not what you're looking for.

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