Forgotten Women Writers: Susan Edmonstone Ferrier (1782–1854)
text by Agnieszka Sienkiewicz-Charlish In 1813 Jane Austen published one of her most popular and much-loved novels – Pride and Prejudice. Five years later, in 1818 in Edinburgh, a Scottish writer Susan Ferrier published her first novel The Marriage. It was immensely popular and sold 1,500 copies within the first 6 months. Big sales meant that […]