Anna M Fitzer

A novel, which addresses central themes of adultery, obsession and inheritance. It follows the fortunes of Matilda Melbourne who displays virtue, delicacy and an unwavering commitment to the sometimes ruthless demands of parental authority.

This volume of Memoirs of Women Writers contains full texts reproduced in facsimile with new scholarly apparatus. The texts have been carefully selected to illustrate various themes in women's history. They include: Alicia LeFanu, Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Mrs Frances Sheridan (1824); William Roberts, Memoirs of the Life of Mrs Hannah More (1839); and [Anon], Some Account of the Life and Writings of Mrs Trimmer (1814).

This book is the second volume about Mrs. Sarah Trimmer and her charitable work. It contains selected content on her life and writings with original letters, her meditations and prayers for impoverished children in the early nineteenth century.

This volume is a review of the autobiographical account Alicia LeFanu, Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Mrs. Frances Sheridan, which sheds light on the controversial role of the female writers in the early nineteenth century.

This book is about Mrs. Sarah Trimmer and her charitable work. It is a principal source of reference for the work she undertook as an author, philanthropist and pioneer in the promotion and institution of educational opportunities for impoverished children in the early nineteenth century.

This book is about Mrs. Hannah More, who had acted as a controversial patron to Ann Yearsley, and had used her own reputation as a poet in support of the abolitionist cause. It is the collaborative effort of Roberts, Bickersteth and Seeley that testifies the complexity of her enduring influence.

A novel, which addresses central themes of adultery, obsession and inheritance. It follows the fortunes of Matilda Melbourne who displays virtue, delicacy and an unwavering commitment to the sometimes ruthless demands of parental authority.