118:
98:
142:. Little else is known of her early life. She began writing in order to raise money for her husband, a merchant, after he had suffered a financial setback. She was widowed after thirty-five years of marriage and worked for eight years at manual labour. From 1818, she began to apply for relief from the
204:
From her second novel onward, she published under her own name. Her works were praised during her lifetime as "artless" and "pleasing" but were "quickly forgotten." More recently, however, she has garnered new attention: she was one of the one hundred and six "lost" women writers
189:
Gomersall's novels are of "an unusually bourgeois tendency" and display a "pro-mercantile attitude." Like many writers of her time, she wrote about women's economic precarity. She also paid particular attention to issues of social and economic class, and
617:
432:
307:
211:
240:. London: printed for the Authoress, by the Literary Society at the Logographic Press, and sold by J. Walter, No. 169, Piccadilly, and W. Richardson, 1789. (by subscription)
201:
Bibliographer James Raven admires
Gomersall's novels, though he notes a degree of "haste or inattention" to detail in some of her published works.
265:. Newport: Printed for the author; and sold by Black, Young, and Young, London; and by J. Rowden, Newport, Isle of Wight, 1824. (by subscription)
114:(24 January 1750–17 June 1835) was a British novelist of the Romantic-era who paid close attention to economic and social issues in her writing.
176:
705:
685:
680:
695:
250:
The disappointed heir: or, memoirs of the Ormond family. A novel. In two volumes. By A. Gomersall, author of
Eleonora, Citizen, &c
279:
675:
690:
186:, on the other hand, which also reviewed it, remarked on Gomersall's "happy facility in sketching familiar conversations."
180:, although the latter did not approve of her reproduction of the "coarse and ungrammatical dialect" of her characters. The
162:, Gomersall's first novel, was published anonymously, she was known to be the author. The novel was reviewed favourably by
700:
138:, Hampshire where her parents lived. According to the signatures on all three of her novels, she lived for many years in
625:
551:
530:
509:
488:
440:
710:
612:
427:
164:
558:
537:
516:
495:
146:. After a stroke and with failing vision, she turned again to writing from economic necessity, and published
638:
466:
715:
150:
by subscription in 1824. All five hundred copies were sold. A decade later, she died as a parish pauper.
582:
502:
The Corvey
Library and Anglo-German Cultural Exchanges, 1770-1837: Essays to Honour Rainer Schöwerling
478:
170:
117:
407:
Copeland, pp. 37—38. Also, see Turner for a discussion of women writers and professionalization.
238:
Eleonora, a novel, in a series of letters; written by a female inhabitant of Leeds in
Yorkshire
62:
670:
665:
645:. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge UP, n.d. 22 March 2013. Accessed 25 September 2022.
473:. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge UP, n.d. 22 March 2013. Accessed 25 September 2022.
8:
143:
621:
571:
554:
547:
533:
526:
512:
505:
491:
484:
459:
436:
102:
244:
The citizen, a novel. In two volumes, by Mrs. Gomersall of Leeds, author of
Eleonora
649:
600:
575:
563:
293:
283:
643:
Orlando: Women’s
Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
471:
Orlando: Women’s
Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
652:." The Women's Print History Project, 2019, Person ID 167. Accessed 2022-09-26.
182:
659:
589:. Totowa, N.J.: Rowman & Allanheld, 1985. (Open access, Internet Archive)
206:
195:
542:
Raven, James. "The
Anonymous Novel in Britain and Ireland, 1750—1830."
219:
published the first critical edition of one of her novels in 2016 with
135:
45:
194:(1796) describes fighting in America and contains episodes set in the
544:
Faces of
Anonymity: Anonymous and Pseudonymous Publication, 1600-2000
216:
546:. Editor: R. Griffin. Palgrave Macmillan, 2016, pp. 141–166.
504:. Editor: Rainer Schöwerling. Wilhelm Fink, 2004, pp. 55–100.
252:. Exeter: J. M'Kenzie; W. Richardson; Hookham and Carpenter, 1796.
308:
Mothers of the Novel: 100 Good Women
Writers Before Jane Austen
212:
Mothers of the Novel: 100 Good Women Writers Before Jane Austen
587:
A Dictionary of British and American women writers, 1660-1800
500:
Garside, Peter. "Subscribing Fiction in Britain, 1780—1829."
139:
246:. London: Scatcherd & Whitaker, 1790. (by subscription)
594:
Living by the pen: women writers in the eighteenth century
657:
456:The Feminist Companion to Literature in English
177:Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure
607:, 2019, Person ID 167. Accessed 2022-09-26.
72:"A Female Inhabitant of Leeds in Yorkshire"
346:
344:
342:
332:
330:
328:
125:. London: Scatcherd & Whitaker, 1790.
458:. New Haven and London: Yale UP, 1990. (
116:
523:Romantic Women Writers Reviewed, Part I
481:: Women's Fiction in England, 1790-1820
367:
365:
314:
658:
431:. Edited by Margaret S. Yoon. Series:
339:
325:
618:Chawton House Library: Women's Novels
433:Chawton House Library: Women's Novels
483:. Cambridge University Press, 2004.
362:
134:Ann Richardson was probably born in
123:The citizen, a novel. In two volumes
383:
13:
706:19th-century English women writers
686:18th-century English women writers
681:18th-century British women writers
583:Gomersall, Mrs. A. (fl. 1789—1824)
14:
727:
696:18th-century pseudonymous writers
631:
605:The Women's Print History Project
263:Creation, A Poem: by A. Gomersall
96:
419:
676:18th-century British novelists
525:. Taylor & Francis, 2022.
454:Blain, Virginia, et al., eds.
410:
401:
392:
374:
353:
1:
448:
691:18th-century English writers
16:British novelist (1750–1835)
7:
610:Yoon, Margaret S., editor.
300:
121:Title page, Ann Gomersall,
10:
732:
701:19th-century English poets
153:
479:Women Writing About Money
269:
256:
231:
92:
84:
76:
68:
52:
30:
23:
319:
226:
711:English women novelists
278:, 1790. (Google Books,
129:
637:Brown, Susan, et al. "
465:Brown, Susan, et al. "
126:
63:Newport, Isle of Wight
568:A Gothic Bibliography
416:Cited by Brown et al.
192:The disappointed heir
120:
103:Literature portal
371:Blain et al. p. 438.
315:Notes and references
716:English women poets
620:. Routledge, 2015.
462:, Internet Archive)
435:. Routledge, 2015.
165:The Critical Review
144:Royal Literary Fund
596:. Routledge, 1992.
476:Copeland, Edward.
127:
616:. Ann Gomersall.
564:Summers, Montague
109:
108:
85:Literary movement
723:
592:Turner, Cheryl.
576:Internet Archive
521:Hawkins, Ann R.
443:
425:Gomersall, Ann.
423:
417:
414:
408:
405:
399:
396:
390:
387:
381:
378:
372:
369:
360:
357:
351:
350:Hawkins, p. 301.
348:
337:
334:
290:Creation, A Poem
171:Town and Country
148:Creation, A Poem
101:
100:
99:
88:Romantic; Gothic
59:
42:
40:
21:
20:
731:
730:
726:
725:
724:
722:
721:
720:
656:
655:
634:
451:
446:
424:
420:
415:
411:
406:
402:
397:
393:
388:
384:
379:
375:
370:
363:
358:
354:
349:
340:
335:
326:
322:
317:
303:
296:, Google Books)
272:
259:
234:
229:
156:
132:
97:
95:
93:
61:
57:
44:
43:24 January 1750
38:
36:
35:
26:
17:
12:
11:
5:
729:
719:
718:
713:
708:
703:
698:
693:
688:
683:
678:
673:
668:
654:
653:
650:Gomersall, Ann
646:
633:
632:External links
630:
629:
628:
608:
601:Gomersall, Ann
597:
590:
581:Todd, Janet. "
579:
561:
540:
519:
498:
474:
463:
450:
447:
445:
444:
418:
409:
400:
391:
382:
380:Raven, p. 153.
373:
361:
352:
338:
323:
321:
318:
316:
313:
312:
311:
302:
299:
298:
297:
287:
271:
268:
267:
266:
258:
255:
254:
253:
247:
241:
233:
230:
228:
225:
183:Monthly Review
155:
152:
131:
128:
107:
106:
90:
89:
86:
82:
81:
78:
74:
73:
70:
66:
65:
60:(aged 85)
54:
50:
49:
34:Ann Richardson
32:
28:
27:
24:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
728:
717:
714:
712:
709:
707:
704:
702:
699:
697:
694:
692:
689:
687:
684:
682:
679:
677:
674:
672:
669:
667:
664:
663:
661:
651:
647:
644:
640:
639:Ann Gomersall
636:
635:
627:
626:9781848931091
623:
619:
615:
614:
609:
606:
602:
598:
595:
591:
588:
584:
580:
577:
573:
569:
565:
562:
560:
556:
553:
552:9781137111098
549:
545:
541:
539:
535:
532:
531:9781000743753
528:
524:
520:
518:
514:
511:
510:9783770539338
507:
503:
499:
497:
493:
490:
489:9780521616164
486:
482:
480:
475:
472:
468:
467:Ann Gomersall
464:
461:
457:
453:
452:
442:
441:9781848931091
438:
434:
430:
429:
422:
413:
404:
395:
386:
377:
368:
366:
356:
347:
345:
343:
333:
331:
329:
324:
310:
309:
305:
304:
295:
291:
288:
285:
281:
277:
274:
273:
264:
261:
260:
251:
248:
245:
242:
239:
236:
235:
224:
222:
218:
214:
213:
208:
202:
199:
197:
193:
187:
185:
184:
179:
178:
173:
172:
167:
166:
161:
151:
149:
145:
141:
137:
124:
119:
115:
113:
112:Ann Gomersall
105:
104:
91:
87:
83:
79:
75:
71:
67:
64:
55:
51:
47:
33:
29:
25:Ann Gomersall
22:
19:
642:
611:
604:
593:
586:
567:
543:
522:
501:
477:
470:
455:
426:
421:
412:
403:
394:
389:Todd p. 137.
385:
376:
355:
336:Brown et al.
306:
289:
275:
262:
249:
243:
237:
220:
210:
207:Dale Spender
203:
200:
191:
188:
181:
175:
169:
163:
159:
157:
147:
133:
122:
111:
110:
94:
58:(1835-06-17)
56:17 June 1835
18:
671:1835 deaths
666:1750 births
613:The Citizen
572:Open access
460:Open access
428:The Citizen
276:The Citizen
221:The Citizen
196:West Indies
660:Categories
559:1137111097
538:1000743756
517:3770539338
496:0521616166
449:References
209:listed in
174:, and the
136:Portsmouth
46:Portsmouth
39:1750-01-24
570:, 1941. (
292:, 1824. (
217:Routledge
158:Although
48:, England
301:See also
223:(1790).
160:Eleonora
77:Language
69:Pen name
398:Garside
154:Writing
80:English
624:
557:
550:
536:
529:
515:
508:
494:
487:
439:
280:Vol. I
270:Etexts
257:Poetry
232:Novels
215:, and
359:Yoon.
320:Notes
294:Etext
227:Works
140:Leeds
622:ISBN
555:ISBN
548:ISBN
534:ISBN
527:ISBN
513:ISBN
506:ISBN
492:ISBN
485:ISBN
437:ISBN
130:Life
53:Died
31:Born
641:."
603:."
469:."
662::
585:"
574:,
566:.
364:^
341:^
327:^
284:II
282:,
198:.
168:,
648:"
599:"
578:)
286:)
41:)
37:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
