Twelve English Authoresses (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Described at the time of its publication in 1892 as “a popular and dainty volume,” this work includes sketches of writers whom the author has designated as “Twelve Caesars of English Literature.” Among them are Jane Austen, Maria Edgeworth, Charlotte Brönte, George Eliot, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Also included are writers in mathematics, science, political economy and moral philosophy.