The Rising Tide (Deland novel)

The Rising Tide is a novel about issues confronting women in the years just before suffrage by the American writer Margaret Deland (1857–1945) set in the 19th century fictional locale of Mercer, an Ohio River community that represents Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The Rising Tide
First edition
AuthorMargaret Deland
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
PublisherHarper & Brothers
Publication date
1916
Publication placeUSA
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages292
OCLC1001773
Preceded byThe Iron Woman 

The novel tells the story of Frederica Payton, a "new woman" who illustrates the extremes of the feminist question.

It was first published in installments in Harper's Monthly from December 1915 through October 1916.

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References

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  • Deland, Margaret (1916). The Rising Tide. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • Reep, Diana C. (1985). Margaret Deland. Boston: Twayne Publishers. ISBN 0-8057-7420-3.