Mary Brunton: 6 books

Mary Brunton was a Scottish novelist. She was a direct contemporary of Jane Austen’s and wrote two published novels, one of which the Austen family is known to have read and enjoyed. Like many of her fellow novelists, she also recorded bits and pieces of daily life in a journal. The success of Brunton's...

Mary Brunton was a Scottish novelist. She was a direct contemporary of Jane Austen’s and wrote two published novels, one of which the Austen family is known to have read and enjoyed. Like many of her fellow novelists, she also recorded bits and pieces of daily life in a journal. The success of Brunton's...

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Self-control. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by Mary Brunton, which...

Extrait : "Les femmes doivent marquer dans les lettres par la grâce et la facilité; c'est là leur attribut; elles n'ont pas les qualités opposées. Lorsqu'elles écrivent, il faut qu'elles aient plus de naturel et de délicatesse que nous, et surtout qu'elles ne sortent pas de ce langage...

Mary Brunton started to write her first novel, Self-Control in 1809 and it was published in 1811. One admirer was Charlotte Barrett (1786?1870), niece of the novelists Fanny Burney and Sarah Burney and mother of the writer Julia Maitland. Writing to Sarah on 17 May 1811, she commented, I read Self-Control...

By The Seat of Our Pants humorously takes the reader on the many and varied travel adventures experienced by the author, Mom, and her husband, Dad. From the vicious seas of Alaskan salmon fishing to the wandering streets and villages in Europe, the reader will experience the Devils Highway, New Years...