was published first in serial form in

through the winter of 1920/21. It came out in novel form in Anglo-American modernism's

, 1922, sharing its publication date with

and with the book versions of

and

. Beyond this, the novel's modernist credentials have been noted by most critics, from contemporary reviewers onwards. Rather than take that for granted, however, this article will investigate the novel's modernism. It will argue that the novel's significance resides in the problems it throws up regarding modernism, rather than simply in its modernist status.

Harriett Frean is a very different kind of novel from the writer's fifteen previous ones. May Sinclair was 59 in 1922, at least

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Citation: Wilson, Leigh. "Life and Death of Harriet Frean". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 13 November 2002 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=3942, accessed 27 November 2024.]