Tsomondo (English literature and literary theory, Howard U.) employs a fresh perspective for studying female-narrated novels by defining a "woman's text" as one written by a man or woman that thematizes narrative travail. Drawing on the novels Moll Flanders, The Life of Harriot Stuart, The Memoirs of Emma Courtney, Jane Eyre and Bleak House, Tsomondo describes the way texts are gendered principally by their narrative locations, structures and operations within the narrative landscape. Annotation 2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)