Quartet Who Rivalled Jane Austen Set To Go Online

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Quartet Who Rivalled Jane Austen Set To Go Online

Posted at 9:54AM Sunday 17 Feb 2013

They were best-selling female novelists whose eloquent tomes – often set in Edinburgh society – outsold Jane Austen during her lifetime.

Now, the world famous author's forgotten "Scottish sisters" – Mary Brunton, Elizabeth Hamilton, Susan Ferrier and Catherine Sinclair – are to be introduced to a new generation of readers with a touch of tartan pride and prejudice.

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