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Susan Ferrier

Susan Edmonstone Ferrier (1782-1854) was a Scottish novelist born in Edinburgh. Her novels explored vivid accounts of Scottish life and presented sharp views on women’s education which remained popular throughout the nineteenth century. She wrote Marriage, The Inheritance and Destiny, and was, in her day, more widely read than her contemporary Jane Austen. She died in 1854.
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