“Part literary history, part social history, and entirely delightful, Decadent Women: Yellow Book Lives is a detailed, diverting, and accessible study of all the women who contributed to the groundbreaking fin-de-siècle magazine, showing how it made their careers even as they made it the bible of British decadence.”

David Weir, professor emeritus of comparative literature, Cooper Union, New York

“Through superb storytelling . . . this is a book that reflects impressive scholarship and research, but that wears its scholarship lightly. It draws upon a wide range of biographical materials, both published and unpublished, including archives and letters, while also featuring, along the way, some illuminating close readings of texts by the featured women authors. . . . I couldn’t put it down!”

Margaret D. Stetz, Mae and Robert Carter Professor of Women’s Studies and professor of humanities, University of Delaware