HM
depicts herself as both flummoxed and thrilled when her revered brother Thomas
praised this essay highly without knowing of her authorship. When she revealed it, he counselled her: Now, dear, leave it to other...
Instructor
Harriet Martineau
When young, HM
was taught by her older siblings. Her eldest sister, Elizabeth
, taught her French, Thomas
taught her Latin, and Henry
taught her mathematics and writing. Although practical jokes and name-calling played a...
Family and Intimate relationships
Harriet Martineau
HM
's eldest brother, another Thomas Martineau
, had fondly encouraged her writing, but he died of consumption when she was only twenty-two.
Martineau, Harriet. “Introduction and Editorial Materials”. Selected Letters, edited by Valerie Sanders, Clarendon Press, pp. vii - xxxiii, 235.
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Pichanick, Valerie Kossew. Harriet Martineau: The Woman and Her Work, 1802-76. University of Michigan Press.
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Webb, Robert Kiefer. Harriet Martineau: A Radical Victorian. Columbia University Press.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Harriet Martineau
HM
's eldest brother, Thomas
, who had applauded her first publication, died of tuberculosis in 1824.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.