Frances Browne

Browne wrote a great deal of poetry; three three-volume novels, My share of the world: an autobiography (1861), The Castleford case (1862), and The hidden sin (1866); and The Ericksons (1852) and Our uncle the traveller’s stories (1859) for children. She published much in magazines and newspapers, including ‘Legends of Ulster’, but is remembered today chiefly for Granny’s wonderful chair and its tales of fairy times (1857).

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Lydia Sigourney

Prolific writer on many subjects, producing about fifty volumes of prose, poems and selections, many of which attained wide popularity.

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Eliza Acton

During her early years she wrote poetry, but she is remembered as one of the first women to prepare a cookbook.

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Elizabeth Carter

English writer of various books of prose and verse, chiefly remembered for her admirable translation of Epictetus, the first that appear in English.

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