Elizabeth Griffith

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Standard Name: Griffith, Elizabeth
Birth Name: Elizabeth Griffith
Married Name: Elizabeth Griffith
Pseudonym: A Young Gentlewoman
Pseudonym: Frances
Indexed Name: Mrs Griffith
Pseudonym: E. G.
EG is now best-known as an eighteenth-century novelist and dramatist. But she was best-known in her own lifetime as a writer of fictional letters; and her output as a professional author included translation, short stories, periodical essays, and critical and editorial work.
Stipple engraving in oval frame of Elizabeth Griffith by Mackenzie, after J. Thomas, published 1801. Her head-covering looks like a turban tied in a bow under her chin, with another bow at the stand-away collar of her jacket. Her name appears below as "Mrs Griffith". National Portrait Gallery.

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Connections Author name Excerpt
Intertextuality and Influence Anna Maria Mackenzie
Meanwhile the heroine, Maria Stanley, is unjustly spurned by her husband because he believes the lying insinuations of a jealous and wicked woman whom he has rejected, but the truth is revealed in time for...
Intertextuality and Influence Anna Letitia Barbauld
She was selecting novels for this project in March 1807, but the work was delayed by the catastrophe of her husband's deterioration and suicide. A thousand copies were printed, and her editorial fee was £300....
Intertextuality and Influence Maria Susanna Cooper
The topic of the long-suffering wife became a favourite with later sentimental novelists, notably Elizabeth Griffith in The Delicate Distress, 1769, Lady Barton, 1771, and Lady Juliana Harley, 1776.
Friends, Associates Frances Brooke
As a result of her friendship with the musicologist Charles Burney (1726-1814), FB became a friend of his daughter Frances as well.
McMullen, Lorraine. An Odd Attempt in a Woman: The Literary Life of Frances Brooke. University of British Columbia Press.
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Frances Burney liked Brooke, but was worried at her close friendship with...
Anthologization Eliza Haywood
The full title is The Fruitless Enquiry, Being a Collection of Several Entertaining Histories and Occurrences, Which Fell under the Observation of a Lady in her Search after Happiness. The book was included (revised...
Anthologization Penelope Aubin
This appeared, like The Life of Madam de Beaumount, with a frontispiece. It is dedicated to Lady Coleraine , with thanks for her patronage of the author's husband .
Though the widow of the...

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