Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Grace Aguilar
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Standard Name: Aguilar, Grace
Birth Name: Grace Aguilar
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, author of short stories, novels, and religious writings, was the only Anglo-Jewish woman in the nineteenth century to achieve considerable success as a writer. In addition to writing for gift-books and periodicals, in her lifetime she published a book of poetry, a single novel, a translation, a work on women's Biblical history, and two books of non-fiction on Jewish topics. As many additional volumes appeared posthumously.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder.
Aguilar, Grace. Macintosh, the Highland Chief. G. Routledge.
Aguilar, Grace. Edmund, the Exiled Prince, and Wallace, the Dauntless Chief. G. Routledge.
Since she was well-connected in London literary circles, she was able to include in her memoir recollections of time spent working with the annuals and of literary figures such as Grace Aguilar
, Lady Blessington
Friends, Associates
Camilla Crosland
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's friends and acquaintances were varying and numerous. In her youth the radical politician John Cartwright
was a neighbour. Her literary work as an adult led to the formation of a number of lasting...
Textual Production
Camilla Crosland
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published two more novels—Mrs. Blake: A Story of Twenty Years (1862) and Hubert Freeth's Prosperity (1874)—as well as Summer Night: A Cantata for Treble Voices, which consists of lyrics written to accompany...
Education
Kate Chopin
Following her father's death, her education was supplemented by her maternal great-grandmother Victoire Verdon Charleville
, who placed a particular emphasis on French and music.The young Kate O'Flaherty was also a voracious reader, and enjoyed...
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Texts
Aguilar, Grace. Woman’s Friendship. D. Appleton and Company, 1891.