Had her short life not ended tragically by death in childbirth, Mary Brunton might have greatly expanded her volume of work, which influenced writers as important as Jane Austen. Austen praised Brunton’s first novel, Self Control, wondering in print whether… Read More ›
When Amelia Opie (1769-1853), the most popular novelist of her day, decided to write Adeline Mowbray, based loosely on the tumultuous public relationship of her acquaintances William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, she signaled readers with her subtitle that the female… Read More ›
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