Dorothy Richardson: 7 books

Published in 1917, this is the third volume of Richardson's masterful Pilgrimage sequence, tracing the life and interior consciousness of heroine Miriam Henderson by means of the then-revolutionary stream-of-consciousness technique (though Richardson herself preferred the term "interior monologue"). ...

This 1915 novel was the first in Richardson's thirteen-volume Pilgrimage series. Based on the author’s own life, and full of stylistic innovations—such as stream of consciousness technique—this book led Virginia Woolf to praise Richardson for having created “the psychological sentence of the...

This 1919 novel is the fourth in Richardson's remarkable thirteen-volume series called Pilgrimage. The heroine, Miriam, arrives in London and begins to forge her own life there as a modern, liberated woman. Richardson's long affair with H. G. Wells is reputedly the basis for her depiction of the character Hypo G. Wilson.

Published in 1921, this is the sixth volume of Richardson's Pilgrimage sequence. Miriam Henderson falls in love with a Russian Jew, Michael Shatov. He romances her with Russian literature, art, and learning but because of Shatov’s religion and past, Miriam is uncertain she can commit to him fully.

This installment in the continuing autobiographical Pilgrimage series finds young Miriam involved with flirtation, gossip, a boastful Spaniard, and an attractive Canadian doctor—all during her stay at a boarding house. A groundbreaking work, which depicts and validates female consciousness through the use of interior monologues and innovative prose.

Miriam left the gaslit hall and went slowly upstairs. The March twilight lay upon the landings, but the staircase was almost dark. The top landing was quite dark and silent. There was no one about. It would be quiet in her room. She could sit by the fire and be quiet and think things over until Eve and...