Sister Novelists: The Trailblazing Porter Sisters, Who Paved the Way for Austen and the Brontës

A Fascinating, Insightful Biography Of The Most Famous Sister Novelists Before The Brontës. Before Charlotte And Emily Brontë Picked Up Their Pens, Or Jane Austen's Heroines Elizabeth And Jane Bennet Became Household Names, The Literary World Was Celebrating A Different Pair Of Sisters: Jane And Anna Maria Porter. The Porters-exact Contemporaries Of Jane Austen-were Brilliant, Attractive, Self-made Single Women Of Polite Reputation Who Between Them Published 26 Books And Achieved Global Fame. They Socialized Among The Rich And Famous, Tried To Hide Their Family's Considerable Debt, And Fell Dramatically In And Out Of Love. Their Moving Letters To Each Other Confess Every Detail. Because The Sisters Expected Their Renown To Last Past Their Lifetimes, They Saved Their Correspondence And Manuscripts For The Sake Of Biographers To Come. But History Has Not Been Kind To The Porters. Now, Dr. Devoney Looser, A Guggenheim Fellow In Women's Writing, Sets Out To Re-introduce The World To The Authors Who Cleared The Way For Austen, Mary Shelley, And The Brontë Sisters. Capturing The Porter Sisters' Incredible Rise, From When Anna Maria Published Her First Book At Age 15 In 1793, Through To Their Fall From The Literary Limelight In The Victorian Era, And Then To The Auctioning Off For A Pittance Of The Family's Massive Archive, Sister Novelists Is An Enthralling Biography Of Two Pioneering Geniuses In Historical Fiction-- Provided By Publisher.