Fourteen to One

"Fourteen to One" by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps is a sharp, witty, and quietly radical collection of short stories exploring the inner lives and social struggles of women in 19th-century America. With keen insight and a subtle feminist edge, Phelps captures everything from romantic tension and spiritual crisis to professional ambition and gender imbalance—the title story famously referencing the ratio of men to women in a theology class. Each tale offers a window into a world on the cusp of change, where intellect and emotion wrestle for voice and agency.
"Fourteen to One" is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1897.