Frances Burney 1752-1840
English Writer
Frances Burney was sSelf-educated by reading English and French literature.
Her practice of observing
and recording society led to her secretly written novel 'Evelina' which took
London by storm. Nobody guessed its author could be shy Fanny Burney, then 26.
Though her later novels are no longer read, 'Evelina' remains a classic.
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Ch'en Shu
1660-1736
Chinese Artist
Painter of spirited domestic scenes and landscapes she was renowned in her
time as the teacher of many great artists and writers.
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Lydia Maria Child
1802-80
American Writer
Author, pioneer in children's literature, crusader for women's suffrage and sex education Lydia Maria Child
was also an active abolitionist whose books ignited the anti-slavery debate.
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Colette
1873-1954
French Writer
Sidonie-Cabrielle Colette was the outstanding French woman writer of the first half of the 20th century.
Briefly she became a music-hall performer, which inspired 'La Vagabonde';
later she wrote many novels, largely concerned with the pleasures and pains of love.
She also wrote sensitively of animals, with whom she maintained a mischievous
alliance against the disappointing world of men.
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