Although we mostly publish books dating from the mid-twentieth century, we also have several Victorian writers and books set in the C19 on our list. So this week on the Post we are looking back at a number of astonishingly successful and prolific female authors who wrote in order to support their families. The fascinating life and work of Mrs Frances Trollope (1779-1863) is now overshadowed by that of her equally prolific son, Anthony, but in her time she was famous for her travel writing and social novels. This portrait (c1832) is by Auguste Hervieu c1832 and is in the NPG.