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100 1 _aCone, Helen Gray,
_d1859-1934
245 1 0 _aPen-portraits of literary women
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2023
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2023-01-12
505 0 _aHannah More -- Frances Burney (Mme. D'Arblay) -- Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) -- Mary W. Godwin (Shelley) -- Mary Lamb -- Maria Edgeworth -- Jane Austen -- Joanna Baillie -- Lady Blessington -- Mary Russell Mitford.
508 _aThe Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"Pen-Portraits of Literary Women: By Themselves and Others, Volume 1" edited by Helen Gray Cone and Jeannette L. Gilder is a collection of biographical sketches written in the late 19th century. The work seeks to highlight the lives and contributions of notable literary women, focusing on their personal traits, accomplishments, and the societal contexts in which they lived. It aims to provide readers with a deeper understanding and appreciation of these women's significance in the literary landscape. The opening of the volume presents an introduction to the first featured author, Hannah More, detailing her early life, education, and the impact of her family background. It describes her successful career as both a writer and educator, her philanthropic efforts, and notable relationships with contemporaries like Dr. Johnson. Sexual and societal expectations are explored in relation to her work, and her struggles with health and personal loss are recounted, reflecting a mix of admiration and a modern perspective on her relevance and influence as a woman in literature. The beginning sets the tone for a rich exploration of women's literary contributions, supported by historical context and personal anecdotes. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited States: Cassell and Company, 1887
653 _aAuthors, English -- Biography
653 _aWomen authors, English -- Biography
700 1 _aGilder, Jeannette L.
_q(Jeannette Leonard),
_d1849-1916
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/penportraitsofli01coneuoft/page/n7/mode/2up
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69775
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