Sister Novelists: The Trailblazing Porter Sisters, Who Paved the Way for Austen and the BrontĂ«s, by Devoney Looser — A Review

From the desk of Katie Jackson: If you’ve ever wished that Jane Austen’s family had preserved more of her personal letters, have I got a surrogate wish-fulfillment for you. It is my pleasure to introduce the gifted nineteenth-century novelists Jane and Anna Maria Porter. Although their copious correspondence remains unpublished—and may always, as the writers... Continue Reading →

Maria Edgeworth – One of Jane Austen’s Favorite Novelist

"And what are you reading, Miss --?" "Oh! it is only a novel!" replies the young lady, while she lays down her book with affected indifference, or momentary shame. "It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda"; or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which... Continue Reading →

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