According to Percy Lubbock
, MC
and her sisters entertained often and were charming and successful hostesses. Mary was nevertheless said to be a shy and modest woman who, while she found writing tedious, enjoyed...
Friends, Associates
Frances Mary Peard
The Scottish writers Mary
and Jane Helen Findlater
were also Peard's great friends.
Harris, Mary J. Y. Memoirs of Frances Mary Peard. W. H. Smith, 1930.
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Textual Production
Jane Taylor
JT
published, anonymously, the highly original Rachel. A Tale, with an ugly heroine, an anti-romantically named male protagonist, Tomkins, and a courtship story still unconcluded by the end of the book.
This title was...
Timeline
1908: Crossriggs, a homely and unpretentious novel...
Women writers item
1908
Crossriggs, a homely and unpretentious novel by Mary
and Jane Helen Findlater
, was, said Susan Tweedsmuir
years later, one of those books that make a milestone in one's life.
Tweedsmuir, Susan. The Edwardian Lady. G. Duckworth, 1966.
