women authors, english

A brief biography of the British writer best known for her stories about a naughty little rabbit named Peter.

Contains over five hundred alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about the lives and achievements, careers, writings, characters, and other aspects of the five literary Brontes, including Patrick, Charlotte, Branwell, Emily, and Anne.

Offers a brief introduction to the life and writings of the Bronte sisters, discussing how they developed the Gothic and Romantic gneres in their own unique ways, how their works shocked and delighted readers in their own time, and how their troubled lives influenced their work.

Photographs and text offer a room-by-room tour of the house of Beatrix Potter, the author who created Peter Rabbit.

A brief biography of the creator of "Peter Rabbit" and many other books whose characters became world famous.

An anthology of poems, plays, short stories, extracts from novels, diaries, letters, and journalism by women authors over the last 600 years.

A letter from Beatrix Potter to a young friend who is ill marks the origin of her famous tales.

A biography of the nineteenth-century English author who at the age of nineteen wrote the classic horror novel, "Frankenstein.".

A biography of the English mystery writer who, after creating Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, became a Dame Commander of the British Empire.