Archives of the Royal Literary Fund, 1790-1918.
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Textual Production | Phebe Gibbes | |
Textual Production | Elizabeth Inchbald | A contemporary note in the Harvard
copy of The History of Miss Sommerville, published anonymously (as a Lady) in 1769, erroneously attributes it to Mrs Inchbauld. This, however, is too early a... |
Textual Production | Adelaide O'Keeffe | AOK
, a recipient of Royal Literary Fund
charity since 1833, became probably the only author ever to question the Fund's methods, setting out by letter her detailed proposals for reforming the system. |
Textual Production | Phebe Gibbes | The anonymous Zoraida; or, Village Annals. A Novel appeared; though the English Short Title Catalogue and other sources ascribe it to Anne Hughes
, PG
later told the Royal Literary Fund
she had written it. Raven, James. “Historical Introduction: The Novel Comes of Age”. The English Novel 1770-1829, edited by Peter Garside et al., Oxford University Press, pp. 14-117. 41 Garside, Peter et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press. 1: 380 |
Textual Production | Sarah Scudgell Wilkinson | |
Textual Production | Phebe Gibbes | PG
reported to the Royal Literary Fund
her unsubduable aspiration . . . to perfect before she dies, a work that will evince, she has not lived in vain. She had such a work on... |
Textual Production | Isabella Kelly | IK
, as Catherine Harris, published with Minerva Press
an epistolary novel, Edwardina, dedicated to IK
told the Royal Literary Fund
she was the author of this novel. Archives of the Royal Literary Fund, 1790-1918. |
Textual Production | Isabella Kelly | IK
told the Royal Literary Fund
that she had written part of a historical novel, but found it hard to complete because of her sense that literary styles had changed. Archives of the Royal Literary Fund, 1790-1918. |
Textual Production | Sarah Scudgell Wilkinson | Among works that SSW
claimed when corresponding, late in life, with the Royal Literary Fund
were a Life of Alfred the Great and a work entitled Romance and Reason in two volumes. |
Textual Production | Sarah Scudgell Wilkinson | After 1812: SSW
, now a teacher, returned to her early interest in children's books, and produced, she told the Royal Literary Funda vast number of books, of which she can pretend no merit... |
Textual Production | Anne Burke | Following this highly productive year, AB
wrote several times more to beg for subsistence from the Royal Literary Fund
. Despite her still generally favourable reviews, she ceased to refer, as she had in her... |
Textual Production | Phebe Gibbes | PG
issued a third novel this same year, The Fruitless Repentance; or, The History of Miss Kitty Le Fever (reprinted in facsimile by Garland
in 1974). Gibbes, Phebe. “Introduction”. Hartly House, Calcutta, edited by Michael J. Franklin, Oxford University Press, p. xi - lvii. xiv n16 |
Textual Production | Isabella Kelly | IK
told the Royal Literary Fund
that she had written ten novels. But it seems she underestimated: in addition to the eleven mentioned below, she listed an untraced title (not listed by OCLC or The... |
Textual Production | A. Woodfin | The anonymous epistolary novel The History of Eliza Musgrove, published by June 1769, is ascribed to AW
in some sources; but Phebe Gibbes
claimed it as her own work in a letter to the... |
Textual Production | Isabella Kelly | IK
told the Royal Literary Fund
in 1832 that she had written an Epitome of General Knowledge, published by subscription by a non-London publisher, a French Grammar, and Literary Information, written for... |
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