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.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.
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 et al., editors. The English Novel 1770-1829. Oxford University Press.
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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...
Timeline
By 22 July 1797: William Beckford published a second and more...
Women writers item
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.
Texts
Cassandra, Lady Hawke,. Julia de Gramont. B. White and Son, 1788.