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Letters for Literary Ladies is a collection of letters written by the renowned Irish author, Maria Edgeworth. The book was first published in 1795 and is considered an important work of feminist literature. The letters are addressed to women who are interested in pursuing a career in writing and provide advice on various aspects of the craft, including style, character development, and plot construction. Edgeworth also offers guidance on how to navigate the male-dominated publishing industry of the time and encourages women to pursue their passions despite societal expectations. The book is a reflection of Edgeworth's own experiences as a successful female author and her desire to empower other women to follow in her footsteps. Overall, Letters for Literary Ladies is a valuable resource for aspiring writers and a testament to the enduring legacy of Maria Edgeworth's contributions to literature and feminism.Your tastes, you say, are fixed; if they are so, you must be doubly careful to ensure their gratification. If you cannot make them subservient to external circumstances, you should certainly, if it be in your power, choose a situation in which circumstances will be subservient to them. If you are convinced that you could not adopt the tastes of another, it will be absolutely necessary for your happiness to live with one whose tastes are similar to your own.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
Although born in England in 1768, Maria Edgeworth was raised in Ireland from a young age after the death of her mother. After nearly losing her sight at age fourteen, Edgeworth was tutored at home by her father, helping to run their estate and taking charge of her younger siblings. Over the course of her life she collaborated and published books with her father, and produced many more of her own adult and children’s works, including such classics as Castle Rackrent, Patronage, Belinda, Ormond and The Absentee. Edgeworth spent her entire life on the family estate, but kept up friendships and correspondences with her contemporaries Sir Walter Scott and Lord Byron, and her writing had a profound influence upon Jane Austen and William Makepeace Thackeray. Edgeworth was outspoken on the issues of poverty, women’s rights, and racial inequalities. During the beginnings of famine in Ireland, Edgeworth worked in relief and support of the sick and destitute. She died in 1849 at the age of 81.
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