The twentieth century was an age in which fiction became a recognized and an extremely popular genre in English literature. An interesting feature in the field of post-war British fiction was the advent of more and more women writers into the field. Feminist writing was one of the most interesting divisions in fiction. Women writers like Iris Murdoch, Muriel Spark, Doris Lessing, Margaret Drabble, Anita Brookner and P. D. James were some of the well-known novelists of the post-war modern Britain. Humour, politics and experimentation were found in the works of these women writers. Though the themes and styles differed most of the women writers emphasised the importance of the subconscious and its mysterious workings. Anita Brookner, the Booker Prize winning novelist has portrayed the lives of women in relation to their careers and relationships.

Anita Brookner was born in London of Polish- Jewish parents on 16 July 1928. She...