The present book traces the background to Indian English women's fiction, excluding the translated texts, from the late nineteenth century novels of Toru Dutt, Krupabai Satthianadhan, and Shevantibai M. Nikambe. Almost all the twentieth century major works of leading women writers such as Kamala Markandaya, Nayantara Sahgal, Anita Desai, Kamala Das, Gita Mehta, Shashi Deshpande, Shobha De to the emerging novelists like Anjana Appachana, Namita Gokhale, Githa Hariharan, Manju Kapur have been studied in depth to discuss the issues of marriage, career and divorce.