British novelist, essayist, and anti-feminist journalist. Born at Crosthwaite vicarage in Keswick, the twelfth and last child of the vicar, and granddaughter of Samuel Goodenough, Bishop of Carlisle. Eliza's mother died shortly after her birth, and she was brought up by her strict father. The unhappiness of her childhood made her determined to succeed on her own merits. After the publication of two poems in Ainsworth's Magazine, she moved to London to embark upon a full-time writing career. She arrived in London in 1845 as the protégé of poet Walter Savage Landor. In the following year she produced her first novel, Azeth, the Egyptian; Amymone (1848), and Realities (1851), followed. None of these had any great success, and she became a journalist, joining the staff of the Morning Chronicle, and Household Words. In 1858 she married W. J. Linton, an eminent wood-engraver, who was also a poet, a writer upon his craft, and a Chartist agitator. In 1867 they separated in a friendly way, the husband going to America, and the wife returning to writing novels, in which she finally attained wide popularity. Her most successful works were The True History of Joshua Davidson (1872), Patricia Kemball (1874), and Christopher Kirkland. She was a constant contributor to the St James's Gazette, the Daily News and other leading newspapers. She was also a severe critic of feminism. Her most famous essay on this subject is "The Girl of the Period," published in Saturday Review in 1868. In 1891, she wrote "Wild Women as Politicians" which explained her opinion that politics was naturally the sphere of men, as was fame of any sort.
British novelist, essayist, and anti-feminist journalist. Born at Crosthwaite vicarage in Keswick, the twelfth and last child of the vicar, and granddaughter of Samuel Goodenough, Bishop of Carlisle. Eliza's mother died shortly after her birth, and she was brought up by her strict father. The unhappiness of her childhood made her determined to succeed on her own merits. After the publication of two poems in Ainsworth's Magazine, she moved to London to embark upon a full-time writing career. She arrived in London in 1845 as the protégé of poet Walter Savage Landor. In the following year she produced her first novel, Azeth, the Egyptian; Amymone (1848), and Realities (1851), followed. None of these had any great success, and she became a journalist, joining the staff of the Morning Chronicle, and Household Words. In 1858 she married W. J. Linton, an eminent wood-engraver, who was also a poet, a writer upon his craft, and a Chartist agitator. In 1867 they separated in a friendly way, the husband going to America, and the wife returning to writing novels, in which she finally attained wide popularity. Her most successful works were The True History of Joshua Davidson (1872), Patricia Kemball (1874), and Christopher Kirkland. She was a constant contributor to the St James's Gazette, the Daily News and other leading newspapers. She was also a severe critic of feminism. Her most famous essay on this subject is "The Girl of the Period," published in Saturday Review in 1868. In 1891, she wrote "Wild Women as Politicians" which explained her opinion that politics was naturally the sphere of men, as was fame of any sort.
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Beneath
This Tablet
Rest The Remains
Of
E. Lynn Linton
(Authoress)
Daughter Of The
Rev. Jas. Lynn
Formerly Vicar
Of This Parish.
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ashes were scattered in Crosthwaite Churchyard
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