I cannot but think that it would be a great step if mankind could familiarise themselves with the idea that they are spirits incorporated for a time in the flesh re spirits incorporated for a time in the flesh.

Her collection The Night-side of Nature (1848) became her most popular work and was reprinted as recently as 2000. Though set in middle-class life they had complicated sensational plots while also commenting on the predicaments of Victorian women brought up in seclusion to be mistreated by men. She married an army officer Major John Crowe (1783–1860).