Project Gutenberg 2023-03-04 Public domain in the USA. 4401 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 2 (of 2) $aUnited States :$bCassell & Company, $c1887. Harriet Martineau -- Aurore Dudevant (George Sand) -- Elizabeth Barrett Browning -- Margaret Fuller (Ossoli) -- Charlotte Brontë; Emily Brontë -- Marian Evans Cross (George Eliot). 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 2" edited by Helen Gray Cone and Jeannette L. Gilder is a collection of biographical sketches written in the late 19th century. This compilation presents the lives and thoughts of prominent female writers of the time, such as Harriet Martineau, Aurore Dupin (George Sand), Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and George Eliot, revealing their struggles, contributions, and the societal expectations that shaped their writing. At the start of the volume, readers are introduced to the life of Harriet Martineau, reflecting on her challenging upbringing, intellectual pursuits, and significant literary accomplishments despite her deafness and financial hardships. The opening portion delves into Martineau's early life, highlighting the various educational experiences that shaped her, her initial forays into writing, and the significant influence of her family dynamics on her career path. It lays a foundation for understanding how her determination and literary contributions would eventually lead her to become an influential figure in literature and social thought. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/penportraitslit00conegoog/page/n6/mode/2up 20220730075451cone 1887 US Reading ease score: 68.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Authors, English -- Biography Women authors, English -- Biography PR Text Category: Biographies Category: British Literature 524188 2025-07-28T03:30:07.685400 text/html 526382 2023-03-04T01:05:42 text/html 426420 2025-07-28T03:30:17.887362 application/epub+zip 434346 2025-07-28T03:30:09.642432 application/epub+zip 312232 2025-07-28T03:30:08.503391 application/epub+zip 868117 2025-07-28T03:30:22.276313 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 851040 2025-07-28T03:30:17.045371 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 480491 2025-07-28T03:30:06.506407 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 480332 2023-03-04T01:05:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19127 2025-07-28T03:30:22.443308 application/rdf+xml 10016 2025-07-28T03:30:08.892374 image/jpeg 1672 2025-07-28T03:30:08.677404 image/jpeg 184167 2023-03-04T01:06:07 application/octet-stream application/zip 838160 2023-03-04T01:06:07 application/octet-stream application/zip 850355 2025-07-28T03:30:07.736377 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