Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-234) and index.
Introduction : "the great Mary" -- "All the great parts" : debuting in Miss Bretherton and The Coryston family -- Robert Elsmere : the Englishman as heretic -- Marcella : the end of aristocracy -- Deep waters in Helbeck of Bannisdale -- "Beauty that must die" : the sex war in Delia Blanchflower -- Effort's England : Mary Arnold Ward writes the Great War