← Mary Augusta WardRobert Elsmereby Mary Augusta WardNovel exploring faith, doubt, and religious reform in Victorian EnglandFind on Amazon↗About the authorMary Augusta WardWard's engagement with social welfare, religious doubt, and the position of educated women makes her fiction important beyond its enormous contemporary popularity. The Mating of Lydia and Lady Connie are among her later, less celebrated works.More by Mary Augusta WardLady ConnieNovel of a young woman navigating social expectations and romantic choices→The Mating of Lydia→The Case of Richard Meynell→Helbeck of BannisdaleNovel examining religious conflict and personal devotion in the Lake District→
