Twelve English Authoresses (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by Lucy Bethia Walford

Overview

Described at the time of its publication in 1892 as “a popular and dainty volume,” this work includes sketches of writers whom the author has designated as “Twelve Caesars of English Literature.” Among them are Jane Austen, Maria Edgeworth, Charlotte Brönte, George Eliot, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Also included are writers in mathematics, science, political economy and moral philosophy. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411457287
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	10/25/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	210
File size:	195 KB

About the Author

Lucy Bethia Walford (1845–1915) began to write, secretly, after her marriage. The success of her first novel, Mr Smith: A Part of His Life, published in 1874, led to a writing career that included forty-five full-sized novels. Her themes and settings influenced the works of Ouida, Henry James, and Edith Wharton.