An unrecognized novelist: Frances Jacson (1754-1842)
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Percy, Joan
Date published
May 1997
Abstract
ACCORDING to its General Catalogue the British Library possesses among its holdings of late eighteenth-century/early nineteenth-century novels seven by the minor writer Alethea Lewis. On their acquisition they were entered by title only as of uncertain authorship, but subsequently all were attributed to her. In reality, Alethea Lewis is the author of just two, Vicissitudes in Genteel Life (1794) and The Microcosm (1801), the other five being the work of Frances Jacson (fig. i), a writer of much greater merit. It is the purpose of this paper to re-establish her as a novelist, to provide a biographical setting and to give some assessment of her achievement, particularly in relation to Mrs Lewis.
Journal title
British Library Journal
Volume
23
Issue
1
Publisher
British Library
Place of publication
UK
ISSN
0305-5167
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2056-2829
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