The Rising Tide (Deland novel)

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

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.

References

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