03421cam a22003733u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000070011910000560012624500240018226400510020630000470025733600260030433700260033033800360035650000310039250507910042350801560121452012340137053400760260465300610268065300620274165300530280365300610285685600680291785600430298599900190302868939UtSlPG20260610134608.0mcr n260607r20221918utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a19012565  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPR1 aJohnson, R. Brimleyq(Reginald Brimley),d1867-193214aThe women novelists 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2022  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2022-09-080 aIntroduction: before Miss Burney -- The first woman novelist: Fanny Burney -- A picture of youth: Fanny Burney's "Camilla" -- "Cecilia" to "Sense and Sensibility": writers from 1782-1811 -- A study in fine art: Jane Austen, 1775-1817 -- A "most accomplished coquette": Jane Austen's "Lady Susan" -- Parallel passages: Jane Austen and Fanny Burney -- "Persuasion" to "Jane Eyre": writers from 1818-1847 -- A lonely soul: Charlotte Brontë, 1816-1855 -- "Jane Eyre" to "Scenes of clerical life": writers from 1847-1858 -- A professional woman: George Eliot, 1819-1880 -- The great four: Burney, Austen, Brontë, George Eliot -- The woman's man: An ideal and a point of view -- Personalities: Character analysis and biographical outlines -- Conclusion -- Appendix: list of minor writers.  aThe Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)  a"The Women Novelists" by R. Brimley Johnson is a literary critical work created in the early 20th century. This book focuses on the contributions of notable female novelists to the evolution of the novel and explores the unique perspectives women brought to literature, particularly during the periods of early modernity. Johnson aims to shed light on the emergence and significance of women's voices in the literary world, highlighting authors such as Fanny Burney, Jane Austen, and the Brontë sisters.  At the start, Johnson presents an introduction detailing the historical context of women novelists before the Victorian era, arguing that their contributions have often been overshadowed by their male counterparts. He notes that while early female authors frequently imitated male styles and themes, there was a notable shift as women began to develop their distinct voices and perspectives in literature. The opening also touches upon the evolution from the romanticized depictions of women's experiences to a more nuanced and realistic representation of female characters, which became increasingly prominent in the writing of the women discussed in the subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cUnited Kingdom: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., 1918  aEnglish fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism  aEnglish fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism  aWomen and literature -- Great Britain -- History  aEnglish fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism4 uhttps://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t6f18ww3q40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68939  c109743d109743