SSW
published in two volumes her first full-length book, The Thatched Cottage; or, Sorrows of Eugenia. A Novel, dedicated to Frances Fielding
(daughter of Lady Charlotte Finch
), with a list of about 150 subscribers.
Garside, Peter et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press, 2000, 2 vols.
2: 241
Potter, Franz. “Writing for the Spectre of Poverty”. Cardiff Corvey: Reading the Romantic Text, No. 11, 11 Dec. 2003.
Grey, Barbarina Charlotte, Lady. A Family Chronicle. Editor Lyster, Gertrude, John Murray, 1908.
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Valentine Wilmot had a taste for recklessness with...
Friends, Associates
Sarah Scudgell Wilkinson
As a patron Lady Charlotte Finch
was helpful, providing both money and introductions to others of her rank. She was instrumental in Wilkinson's acquisition of the circulating library that supported her for some years.
Archives of the Royal Literary Fund, 1790-1918.
Occupation
Sarah Scudgell Wilkinson
Years later she told the Royal Literary Fund
that as a young lady she used to read aloud to Lady Charlotte Finch
(1725-96), who in old age was blind.
One catalogue lists this work as published in 1805. Years later SSW
wrote that she had once entertained literary ambitions. It was the patronage of Lady Charlotte Finch
that enabled her, when already a seasoned...
Textual Production
Sarah Scudgell Wilkinson
A Mrs. Wilkinson, who was probably SSW
, published New Tales, in three volumes, with Matthew Iley
, dedicated to the Earl of Pomfret
.
The attribution is the more likely because this...
Timeline
About 1766: Printer and engraver John Spilsbury perfected...
Building item
About 1766
Printer and engraver John Spilsbury
perfected the dissected map which became the forerunner of the jigsaw puzzle.
Drabble, Margaret. “A Day Out in Kew”. Jane Austen Sings the Blues, edited by Nora Foster Stovel, University of Alberta Press, 2009, pp. 57-65.
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Texts
Finch, Lady Charlotte. “Journal”. Finch Manuscripts DG7/D5. 21-2.