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Part l Jane Austen And Anne Sharp |
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A Circle Of Single Women |
| Jane | Austen | English novelist. |
| James Edward | Austen-Leigh | Jane Austen's nephew. |
| Cassandra | | Jane Austen's sister. |
| Fanny | | Cassandra's eldest niece. |
| Anne | Sharp | Fanny's governess. |
| Edward | Austen | Jane Austen's brother. |
| Elizabeth 1 | | Edward's wife. |
| Thomas | Knight | American lawyer and politician. |
| Napoleon | Bonaparte | French statesman and military leader. |
| William | | One of Edward and Elizabeth's children. |
| Lizzy | | One of Edward and Elizabeth's children. |
| Marianne | | One of Edward and Elizabeth's children. |
| Charles | | One of Edward and Elizabeth's children. |
| Louise | | One of Edward and Elizabeth's children. |
| Henry 1 | | One of the boys who boarded at Eltham School. |
| Edward | | One of the boys who boarded at Eltham School. |
| George | | One of the boys who boarded at Eltham School. |
| Withers | | One of Jane and Cassandra's friends. |
| Lloyd | | One of Jane and Cassandra's friends. |
| George | Austen | Jane's father. |
| Thomas | Cadell | Book seller. |
| Benjamin | Crosby | Owner of Crosby and Company in London. |
| Susannah | Sackree | Nursemaid. |
| Mrs. | Austen | Jane's mother. |
| Frank | | Edward's brother. |
| Maria | Edgeworth | Irish author. |
| Frances | Burney | A novelist. |
| Martha | Lloyd | Jane's old friend. |
| Mrs. | Lloyd | Martha's mother. |
| Miss | Colbourne | Owner of Lansdown Crescent School. |
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Rebellion Behind Closed Doors |
| Fanny | Cage | One of Fanny's cousins. |
| Anna | Austen | One of Fanny's cousins. |
| Betty | Jones | A pie woman. |
| Catherine | Knight | One of Edward's benefactress. |
| Molly | Milles | One of Edward's benefactress. |
| Edmund | Nelson | Angelican priest. |
| Emma | | Jane's 4th novel. |
| Dorothy | Chapman | Fanny's former governess. |
| Miss | Crow | Professional painter. |
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Closing Ranks |
| Miss | Raikes | Anne Sharp's employer. |
| Miss | Bailey | Anne Sharp's employer. |
| Henry 2 | | Jane's favorite brother. |
| Mary | Lloyd | Martha's sister. |
| Lady | Pilkington | Anne Sharp's new employer |
| William | Shakespeare | English poet. |
| Richard | Sheridon | Fame dramatist. |
| William | Pilkington | Lady Pilkington's brother-in-law. |
| John | Murray | One of the most influential publishers. |
| Walter | Scott | Scottish novelist. |
| James | Stanier Clarke | Naval author. |
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Part 2 Charlotte Bronte and Mary Taylor |
4 | | | Three's A Crowd |
| Charlotte | Bronte | English novelist and poet. |
| Maria | | One of Charlotte's sisters. |
| Elizabeth 2 | | One of Charlotte's sisters. |
| Emily | | One of Charlotte's sisters. |
| Patrick | Bronte | Charlotte's father. |
| Mary | Taylor | A writer. |
| Margaret | Wooler | Headmistress at Roe Head School. |
| Branwell | | Charlotte's brother. |
| Anne | | Charlotte's sister. |
| Elizabeth | Gaskell | Charlotte's friend. |
| Ellen | Nussey | New student at Roe Head School. |
| Mrs. | Taylor | Mary's mother. |
| Robert | Southey | English poet. |
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The Adventurous Spirit |
| Mr. | Taylor | Mary's father. |
| Elizabeth | Brandwell | Charlotte's aunt. |
| Mrs. | Bronto | Charlotte's mother. |
| Constantin | Heger | Belgian teacher. |
| Claire | Zoe Heger | Constantin's wife. |
| Joe | | Mary's older brother. |
| Monsieur | Huard | Drawing master. |
| Paul | Emanuel | Musical artist. |
| Mary | Dixon | Mary Taylor's cousin. |
| Friedrich | Halle | Pianist. |
| Charles | Halle | Composer. |
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One Great Myth |
| Waring | | Mary's brother. |
| Samuel | Richardson | English writer and printer. |
| Ellen | Taylor | Mary's cousin. |
| William Smith | Williams | Charlotte's editor. |
| William M. | Thackeray | British novelist. |
| George Henry | Lewes | English philosopher and critic of literature. |
| James Kay | Shuttleworth | Charlotte's new friend. |
| Janet | Shuttleworth | James' wife. |
| James | Taylor | Editor of Charlotte's publishing house. |
| Arthur | Bell Nicholls | Charlotte's father. |
| William Carus | Wilson | Headmaster of Charlotte's first boarding school. |
| Maria | Bell | School teacher. |
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Part 3 George Eliot and Harriet Beecher Stowe |
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The Stuff of Legend |
| Mary Ann | Evans | English novelist, poet
and journalist. Aka: George Eliot. |
| Marian | | George Henry Lewes' wife. |
| Amelia | | Maidservant. |
| Grace | Lee | Amelia's sister. |
| Harriet Beecher | Stowe | American author. |
| Abraham | Lincoln | 16th U.S. president. |
| Charles | Dickens | English writer and social critic. |
| Edward Henry | Corboud | Artist. |
| Gordon S. | Haight | Marian's biographer. |
| Annie | Adams Fields | American writer. |
| James T. | Fields | Annie Adams' husband. |
| Thornie | | Marian's stepson. |
| Robert | Browning | English poet and playwright. |
| Alfred | Tennyson | British poet. |
| Countess | Guiccioli | Biographer. |
| Anne Isabella | Byron | English mathematician. Aka: Lady Byron. |
| George Gordon | Byron | Poet. Aka: Lord Byron. |
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The Spectre of Scandall |
| Elizabeth Cady | Stanton | American suffragist, social activist, abolitionist. |
| George | Taylor | A doctor. |
| Catherine | | Charlotte's older sister. |
| Eliza Lee | Cabot Follen | American author and abolitionist. |
| Calvin S. | Ellis Stowe | Harriet's husband. |
| Henry 3 | | One of Harriet's sons. |
| Charley | | One of Harriet's sons. |
| Robert | Evans | Author, editor and occasionally journalist. |
| Robert | Brabant | A doctor. |
| John | Chapman | Owner of the Westminster Review. |
| Herbert | Spencer | Philosopher and sociologist. |
| Eliza 1 | | Calvin's first wife. |
| Eliza 2 | | Harriet's first child. |
| Harriet 2 | | Harriet's 1 second child. |
| Agnes | Lewes | George Henry Lewes' legal wife. |
| Thornton | Leigh Hunt | Journalist. |
| Dinah | Morris | Methodist lay preacher. |
| Johann W. | Goez | German writer. |
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An Act of Betrayal |
| Robert Dale | Owen | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives. |
| Fred | | Harriet's son. |
| John Walter | Cross | Marian's new partner. |
| Charles E. | Stowe | Harriet's son. |
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Part 4 Katherine Mansfield and Virginia Woolf |
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Friends of Foes |
| Virginia | Woolf | English writer. |
| Katherine | Mansfield | New Zealand short story writer. |
| Lytton | Strachey | English writer and critic. |
| Ottoline | Morrell | Virginia's old friend. |
| Leonard | | Virginia's husband. |
| John Middleton | Murry | English writer. |
| Lottie | Hope | A maid. |
| Nellie | Boxall | A cook. |
| Vanessa | Bell | Virginia's sister. |
| Gerald | | Virginia's half-brother. |
| Bertrand | Russell | British philosopher. |
| Leslie Heron | Beauchamp | Katherine's younger brother. |
| Ida Constance | Baker | Katherine's friend. |
| Aldous | Huxley | English writer and philosopher. |
| John Duncan | Fergusson | Scottish artist. |
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Cat and Mouse |
| William Butler | Yeats | Irish poet. |
| Joseph | Conrad | Polish-British writer. |
| George | | Virginia's half-brother. |
| Edith | Bendall | An artist. |
| Vita | Sackville-West | A popular novelist. |
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Life and Death |
| William | Heinemann | British publisher. |
| Fyodor | Dostoyevsky | A writer. |
| E.M. | Forster | English novelist. |
| Princess | Bibesco | English writer and socialite. |
| Dorothy | Brett | British painter. |
| George | Gurdjieff | A philosopher. |
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A Web of Literary Connections |
| Winefred | Holtby | English novelist. |
| Vera | Brittain | A nurse. |
| Jean | Rhys | A novelist. |
| Eliot | Bliss | Jamaican novelist. |
| Zora Neale | Hurston | Author of African-American literature. |
| Marjorie K. | Rawlings | American author. |
| F. Scott | Fitzgerald | American fiction writer. |
| Ernest | Hemingway | American journalist. |
| Maya | Angelou | American poet. |
| Toni | Morrison | American novelist. |
| Alice | Munro | Canadian short story writer. |