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The late Miss Jane Porter, 1850. Creator: Unknown.

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The late Miss Jane Porter, 1850. The Scottish writer was '...one of the most distinguished novelists which this nation has produced. Miss Porter may be said to have been the first who introduced that beautiful kind of fiction the historical romance, which...has added such amusement and interest to English literature...Miss Jane Porter obtained the highest celebrity. Her three most renowned productions were her "Thaddeus of Warsaw" written when she was about twenty years of age, her "Scottish Chiefs" and her "Pastor's Fireside". "Thaddeus of Warsaw" had immense popularity; it was translated into most of the Continental languages, and Poland was loud in its praise...General Gardiner, the British Minister at Warsaw, could not believe that any other than an eye-witness had written the story, so accurate were the descriptions, although Miss Porter had not then been in Poland'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM22A34_426

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56,4Mo (2,8Mo) / 33,6cm x 42,0cm / 3974 x 4960 (300dpi)

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