Ethel Wilson fonds. [ca. 1931].

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Ethel Wilson fonds. [ca. 1931].

The fonds consists of a handwritten manuscript of a critique of "The History of Emily Montague" by Frances Brooke. It was written to advertise the Vancouver Symphony Carnival Book Fair.

1 cm of textual records.

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Wilson, Ethel, 1888-1980

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Ethel Wilson was a Canadian writer. From the description of Ethel Wilson fonds. [ca. 1931]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 676801157 Ethel Wilson was born in South Africa. In 1890, after her mother died, she was taken to England; then in 1898, when her father died, she moved to live with her grandmother in Vancouver. Wilson received her teacher's certificate in 1907 and then taught in Vancouver public schools until 1920. In 1921 she married Dr. Walla...

Brooke, Frances, 1724?-1789

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Frances Brooke (b. January 12, 1724, Lincolnshire, England–d. January 23, 1789, Sleaford, England) was English novelist, essayist, playwright and translator. By the late 1740s, she had moved to London, where she embarked on her career as a poet and playwright. Under the pseudonym of Mary Singleton, Spinster, she edited thirty-seven issues of her own weekly periodical, Old Maid (1755–56). She wrote her first novel, The History of Lady Julia Mandeville, in 1763....