Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign: A Book of Appreciations

Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign: A Book of Appreciations

Having been concerned for many years in the publication of works of fiction by feminine writers, it has occurred to us to offer, as our contribution to the celebration of "the longest Reign," a volume having for its subject leading Women Novelists of the Victorian Era. It was further necessary to confine the volume within reasonable limits, and it was decided, consequently, that it should deal only with Women who did all their work in Fiction after the accession of the Queen. This decision excludes not only such writers as Lady Morgan, Mrs. Opie, Miss Ferrier, Miss Mitford, Mrs. Shelley, and Miss Jane Porter, who, although[Pg viii] they died after 1837, published all their most notable stories early in the century; but also such writers as Mrs. Gore, Mrs. Bray, Mrs. S. C. Hall, Mrs. Trollope, Lady Blessington, and Mrs. Marsh, who made their dbuts as novelists between 1823 and 1834. As regards some of the last-named, it might be urged that the works they produced have now no interest other than historical, and can be said to live only so far as they embody more or less accurate descriptions of Society early in the Reign. The "Deerbrook" and "The Hour and the Man" of Miss Martineau are still remembered, and, perhaps, still read; but it is as a political economist and miscellaneous writer, rather than as a Novelist, that their author ranks in literature; while of the tales by Miss Pardoe, Miss Geraldine Jewsbury, and others once equally popular, scarcely the titles are now recollected. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 36641
Author: Alexander, Mrs.
Release Date: Jul 6, 2011
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Contributor (Author): Linton, E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn), 1822-1898, Lyall, Edna, 1857-1903, Macquoid, Katharine S. (Katharine Sarah), 1824-1917, Marshall, Emma, 1830-1899, Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret), 1828-1897, Parr, Louisa, -1903, Sergeant, Adeline, 1851-1904, Yonge, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary), 1823-1901