20 Of The Best 18th And 19th Century Women Writers

In the past, it was difficult to get one’s manuscript accepted by a publisher and printed, so it would, hopefully, be well-liked by the public.

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I want to go back even further to a period when men were the primary authors one expected to find in a bookstore, and if a woman was a writer, they more than likely had a nom de plume.

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So, the list I’m making is simply a suggestion and more of a random ordering, but I felt it was important to give some kind of nod to the first women writers.

JANE AUSTEN (1775-1817) PRIDE & PREJUDICE

CHARLOTTE BRONTE (1816-1855) JANE EYRE

EMILY BRONTE (1818-1848) WUTHERING HEIGHTS

CHARLOTTE LENNOX (1730-1804) THE FEMALE QUIXOTE

SUSANNA ROWSON (1762-1824) CHARLOTTE TEMPLE

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