Diana Wallace is Lecturer in English at the University of Glamorgan.

• Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 'An Age of Transition': Historical Context Theorising Female Rivalry Rewriting the Victorians: May Sinclair's Transitional Modernism The 'Other Woman': Rebecca West's 'Difference of View' A 'Shared Working Existence': Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby 'My Second Self': Winifred Holtby and Vera Brittain The 'Recurring Dream' of Romance: Rosamond Lehmann Conclusion Appendices Notes Bibliography Index

Diana Wallace is Lecturer in English at the University of Glamorgan.

• Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 'An Age of Transition': Historical Context Theorising Female Rivalry Rewriting the Victorians: May Sinclair's Transitional Modernism The 'Other Woman': Rebecca West's 'Difference of View' A 'Shared Working Existence': Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby 'My Second Self': Winifred Holtby and Vera Brittain The 'Recurring Dream' of Romance: Rosamond Lehmann Conclusion Appendices Notes Bibliography Index

Diana Wallace is Lecturer in English at the University of Glamorgan.

• Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 'An Age of Transition': Historical Context Theorising Female Rivalry Rewriting the Victorians: May Sinclair's Transitional Modernism The 'Other Woman': Rebecca West's 'Difference of View' A 'Shared Working Existence': Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby 'My Second Self': Winifred Holtby and Vera Brittain The 'Recurring Dream' of Romance: Rosamond Lehmann Conclusion Appendices Notes Bibliography Index