Gallia - Everyman's Library Paper Author:Menie Muriel Dowie A major exponent of New Woman fiction, Mnie Dowie created a public stir with Gallia in 1895. Young, intelligent and unconventionally frank, Gallia embraces the dictates of reason and shuns the impulses of passion. In her pursuit of a securely logical life, Gallia must also endure the pain of emotional sacrifice inherent in the modern woman's... more » quest for self-fulfillment.« less