E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton

E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton
Elizabeth Lynn Linton (1822–1898) was a British novelist, essayist, and journalist known for her sharp critiques of social norms, particularly concerning women’s roles. She was the first woman to become a salaried journalist in England, writing extensively for periodicals like "The Saturday Review". Her notable works include the novels "The Rebel of the Family" and "Patricia Kemball," which explore issues such as feminism, women's rights, and the challenges of modern life. Linton was also controversial for her conservative views, often critiquing the New Woman movement and advocating for traditional gender roles.

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I. Nothing dies so hard as prejudice, unless it be sentiment. Indeed, prejudice and sentiment are but different manifestations of the same principle by which men pronounce on things according to individual feeling, independent of facts and free from the restraint of positive knowledge. And on nothing in modern times has so much sentiment been lavished as on the Irish question; nowhere has so much... more...

Scotland was always foremost in superstition. Her wild hills and lonely fells seemed the fit haunting-places for all mysterious powers; and long after spirits had fled, and ghosts had been laid in the level plains of the South, they were to be found lingering about the glens and glades of Scotland. Very little of graceful fancy lighted up the gloom of those popular superstitions. Even Elfame, or... more...