Introduces the diversity of women's writing in Poland and Russia in the 19th and 20th centuries in the light of the notion of masquerade. This book contains articles that scrutinize particular works by women writers including Nadezhda Dmitrievna Khvoshchinskaia, Irina Odoevtseva, Vera Pavlova, Narcyza Zmichowska and Maria Komornicka.