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(1752-1840):SheisanEnglishnovelist, ’sfournovelshaveearnedherfavorablecomparisonstoothergiantsofthegenre—Austen, Richardson, Dickens—andVirginiaWoolf’sdeclarationthatsheis “themotherofEnglishfiction”.
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(1802-1876):ShewasanEnglishwriter, whosewritings, characterizedbyadvancedviewsonsocial, economic, andreligiousquestions, .
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’sProfession(1893):, abrothelowner, andherCambridge-educateddaughter, ’, whichsoonendswhenVivielearnsthatthebusinessremainsinoperation.
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