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Samuel Richardson
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's three epistolary novels, published between 1740 and 1753, exerted an influence on women's writing which was probably stronger than that of any other novelist, male or female, of the century. He also facilitated women's literary careers in his capacity as member of the publishing trade, and published a letter-writing manual and a advice-book for printers' apprentices.
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| Literary responses | Marghanita Laski | The Times Literary Supplement called this novel a sad and cautionary idyll, and yet [a]ltogether a witty lark. |
| Literary responses | Elizabeth Griffith | The original letters were immensely popular with readers (among others Sarah Harriet Burney
was a devotee); their authors became famous under their pseudonyms. Not everyone agreed in admiring them, however. Lady Bradshaigh
remarked to Samuel Richardson |
| Literary responses | Clara Reeve | The Critical Review evaluated this novel respectfully, calling it pleasing and interesting, but John Noorthouck
, writing in the Monthly, dismissed it impatiently as one of the regrettably numerous progeny of Samuel Richardson
. Garside, Peter et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press. 1: 544 |
| Literary responses | Mary Elizabeth Braddon | Henry James
's review in 1865 considered Braddon's success alongside that of Collins
, pronouncing her the founder of the sensation novel (defined as devising domestic mysteries adapted to the wants of a sternly prosaic... |
| Literary responses | Mary Leapor | This volume attracted attention from Samuel Richardson
, Christopher Smart
, and the young William Cowper
, as well as from its chief promoters, John Duncombe
and Susanna Highmore
. Rizzo, Betty. “Molly Leapor: An Anxiety for Influence”. The Age of Johnson, edited by Paul J. Korshin, Vol. 4 , pp. 313-43. 327-8 |
| Literary responses | Susan Smythies | |
| Literary responses | Amelia Opie | The Critical Review, which had praised AO
's earlier work, thought this novel equally well done, and that the description of the heroine's death could stand comparison with those of Richardson
's Clarissa or... |
| Literary responses | Anne Halkett | This work is the basis of AH
's reputation. The publication of 1875 provoked some biographical and critical comment, but less than might have been expected. Halkett, Anne, and Ann, Lady Fanshawe. “Preface, Introduction, Select Bibliography”. The Memoirs of Anne, Lady Halkett and Ann, Lady Fanshawe, edited by John Loftis, Clarendon Press, p. v - xxi. xix |
| Literary responses | Anne Marsh | Chorley
's Athenæum review is remarkable for two things: for the vehemence with which he praised the novel's plotting and the climactic scene of preparations for the wedding (which he quoted at length, only regretting... |
| Literary responses | Marie-Catherine d' Aulnoy | Bibliographer Melvin D. Palmer
assigns to these an important place in the history of French-English prose fiction in the formative years that saw the rise of the modern novel. Palmer, Melvin D. “Madame d’Aulnoy in England”. Comparative Literature, Vol. 27 , pp. 237-53. 237 |
| Literary responses | Jane West | When the fourth volume appeared in 1789, the Critical found it heavy, languid and uninteresting, and judged the serial publication to have been a mistake. Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall. 68 (1789): 495 |
| Literary responses | Mary Chandler | Her poem played its part in the establishment of Bath as a resort which was respected and fashionable, on both medical and cultural grounds. When James Leake
published a revised edition of A Tour of... |
| Literary responses | Frances Brooke | Highly positive reviews included one from Voltaire
in France suggesting that this was the finest epistolary novel to appear in English during the decade or so since the last work of Richardson
. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Literary responses | Sarah Scott | Samuel Richardson
(given an advance copy by the publisher) reported the verdict of his wife
and daughters, and the writer Jane Collier
(a friend particularly of his daughter Anne
), that the book was lacking... |
| Literary responses | Frances Brooke | She thought it had been too long, with too little plot, and that the subscription method had not been to its benefit. Critic Juliet McMaster
believes that Jane Austen
had Emily Montague in mind in... |
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