Because I'm busy with NaNo and also because I'm lazy and a bit in need of a massage, I'm going to have a short post today.
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Clarissa - Very nice choices of author! And yes, of course you had to have Jane Austen in there!!!
ReplyDeleteA nice listing of authors. Hope you get your massage. Have a great weekend.
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Thoughts in Progress
I've heard only of Jane Austen, but I never understood why is she so popular in British literature. Do mini series and films on her books have something to do with it? :)
ReplyDeleteNot that I want to whine about anything, but it's a pretty narrow hallway. I only know Austen out of all five.
ReplyDeleteI love Jane Austen. Thanks for a reminder of the greats.
ReplyDeleteha ha Ben go find the other 4 u are in for a treat.
ReplyDeleteHow is your NaNo going?
ReplyDeletegreat list! I am a huge fan of the first two.
ReplyDeleteRemember, these are only British. There are plenty of other writers but these are the top of the list. Also, back then, not many women wrote books. Not unless they were privileged and had nothing better to do.
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I have to agree on the first three, they're all great, but I have read nothing by Sarah Fielding or Charlotte Turner Smith. I shall have to find out more about them and see if I can snoop out some of their works. Great list and hope the NaNoing is going well.
ReplyDeleteNice. I hadn't heard of them all.
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Nancy
N. R. Williams, fantasy author
Read the first three but not the last two. Love Mary W. - still think about her books about northern factories, starving (which I remember was the word for dying then) - everyone smoking so they wouldn't have hunger pains. amazing.
ReplyDeleteAnd to the ones who haven't read Austin - she is popular because she is an amazing and always current writer! She is hilarious and always topical despite being dead for hundreds of years.
I know of 1&2!!! I must brush up on 3,4,5!! Oh dear!! thanks for this list!! GOOD LUCK with nano!!!! Take care
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I have t admit for the 1700's I know Walpole, but I don't know anything else. I'm such a bird of my era. I'll check out some of those writers. I'm sure the books are cheap now anyway because of the ended copyright
ReplyDeleteHmm. I have not heard of any of them except for Austen. I'll have to do something about that though. :)
ReplyDeleteI know who Jane Austin is, but not the other four. Its great that you're honoring them and keeping their creative writing alive for yet one more generation!
ReplyDeleteExcellent choices!
ReplyDeleteDid you get your massage?
So far, no massage but NaNo is going well! Remember, it's the 1700s not many women writers back then. 1800s have much more and more to come.
ReplyDeleteCD
I sympathize with that need for a massage. It's great medicine for mind and body.
ReplyDeleteYah for Jane Austen! I haven´t read the others yet, but when I get my Kindle I must download some of their free classics and catch up with them. Weren´t the Brontë sisters from the same century? If so, they would have to compete for a second place on my list.
ReplyDeleteYour post is perfectly timed for me, as I have been interested in reading more of the classics. I just picked up a Jane Austen book at the store yesterday. I stared at it for a minute and then put it down because I wanted to read someone whom I have never read. I have never even heard of the last three women on your list, so maybe I'll give them a try.
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