Cassandra, Lady Hawke

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Standard Name: Hawke, Cassandra,,, Lady
Birth Name: Cassandra Turner
Married Name: Cassandra Hawke
Titled: Cassandra, Lady Hawke
Indexed Name: The Right Honourable Lady H***
CLH was the author of a single, sentimental, pompously styled novel published in 1788, as well as of unpublished works.

Connections

Connections Author name Excerpt
Publishing Ann Gomersall
It appeared in two volumes, undated, printed for the authoress, by the Literary Society at the Logographic Press—
English Short Title Catalogue.
which suggests collaboration or co-operation between a group founded by John Trusler and a publishing house...
Publishing Ann Gomersall
She called herself Mrs. Gomersall of Leeds,
Garside, Peter, James Raven, and Rainer Schöwerling, editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press, 2000.
1: 505
and mentioned her previous novel (having advertised this one at the end of the first). The Citizen appeared from Scatcherd and Whitaker , in two volumes...
Publishing Isabella Kelly
The preface states that much of this material was written before she reached the age of fourteen, and the rest under the pressure of a variety of domestic calamities,
Kelly, Isabella. A Collection of Poems and Fables. Richardson, 1794.
iii
including wrongs to her father...

Timeline

By 22 July 1797
William Beckford published a second and more marked burlesque attack on women's writing: Azemia: A Descriptive and Sentimental Novel. Interspersed with Pieces of Poetry.