Author:Susan Edmonstone Ferrier

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Susan Edmonstone Ferrier
(1782–1854)

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Scottish novelist; wrote three novels, all characterised by racy humour and acute character-painting. Her cheerful and tactful friendship helped to soothe the last days of Sir Walter Scott; also known as Susan Edmonstoune Ferrier

Works

Marriage (1818), in 3 vols.
The Inheritance (1824), in 3 vols.
Destiny (1831), in 3 vols.
(contrib.) The Young Ladies' Class Book; a Selection of Lessons for Reading, in Prose and Verse (1831), edited by Ebenezer Bailey

Other

The Laird o' Cockpen by Carolina Nairne et al., 1820s, was attributed to Ferrier in whole or in part by various writers, though Ferrier herself denied authorship.

Works about Ferrier

"Ferrier, Susan Edmonstoune," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
The Romantic Novels of Susan Edmonstone Ferrier by Victoria Chance Lambert Academic Publishing, 2009. ISBN-13: 978-3838308524
"Ferrier, Susan Edmonstone," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
"Ferrier, Susan Edmonstone," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1930, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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