Project Gutenberg 2023-01-12 Public domain in the USA. 260 Cone, Helen Gray 1859 1934 Gilder, Jeannette L. (Jeannette Leonard) 1849 1916 Gilder, Jeannette Leonard Gilder, J. L. (Jeannette Leonard) Pen-portraits of literary women : $b by themselves and others, Volume 1 (of 2) $aUnited States :$bCassell and Company,$c1887. Hannah 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. The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "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.) https://archive.org/details/penportraitsofli01coneuoft/page/n7/mode/2up 20220624175017cone 1887 US Reading ease score: 68.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Authors, English -- Biography Women authors, English -- Biography PR Text Category: Biographies Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: British Literature 543911 2025-06-27T12:23:18.569831 text/html 523015 2024-10-19T03:32:37 text/html 469371 2025-06-27T12:23:27.903780 application/epub+zip 472988 2025-06-27T12:23:20.459818 application/epub+zip 343772 2025-06-27T12:23:19.424824 application/epub+zip 942457 2025-06-27T12:23:32.572775 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 916751 2025-06-27T12:23:26.780820 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 491257 2025-06-27T12:23:17.456804 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 471211 2024-10-19T03:32:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17426 2025-06-27T12:23:32.720754 application/rdf+xml 10008 2025-06-27T12:23:19.713801 image/jpeg 1653 2025-06-27T12:23:19.567794 image/jpeg 2078044 2025-06-27T12:23:18.624820 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia