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Sarah Scott (née Robinson) (21 September 1720 – 3 November 1795) was an English novelist, translator, social reformer, and member of the Bluestockings. Her most famous work was her utopian novel ''A Description of Millenium Hall and the Country Adjacent'', followed closely by the sequel ''The History of Sir George Ellison''.==Early life==Sarah's father, Matthew Robinson, and her mother, Elizabeth Drake, were both from distinguished families, and Sarah was the youngest of nine children. Although born in Yorkshire, she spent much time with her siblings in Cambridge, England, where her grandmother, Sarah Morris Drake, lived with her stepgrandfather, Dr. Conyers Middleton, a famous scholar at Cambridge University. All but one of her brothers would go on to a highly accomplished career, yet her elder sister, who would later become the writer and social activist Elizabeth Montagu, became the most accomplished, earning notoriety in literary circles as a prolific writer and founder of the Bluestockings, of which Sarah also became a member. The sisters were incredibly close in their early years, and although Elizabeth was much more acclaimed as an author, she often considered Sarah to be "superior in certain respects, particularly intellectual and literary interests, in which she encouraged her."(Kelly, Gary ). "Scott, Sarah (1720–1795)." ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.'' Oxford UP, 2004. The two regularly corresponded with each other in letters which have been preserved, along with other letters Sarah wrote throughout her life, discussing such matters as "French and English literature and histories, writing, translation, and politics." Pohl, Nicole. "Scott, Sarah." ''Encyclopedia of British Literature 1660-1789.'' Ed. Gary Day and Jack Lynch. Blackwell Publishing, 2015. ''Blackwell Reference Online.'' Web. 21 July 2015. Sarah's letters also revealed an early love of literature, especially the works of Spenser, Sidney, Milton, Swift, and Voltaire. Napier, Elizabeth R. "Sarah Scott." ''British Novelists, 1660-1800.'' Ed. Martin C. Battestin. Detroit: Gale, 1985. ''Dictionary of Literary Biography.'' Vol. 39. ''Literature Resource Center.'' Web. 6 Oct. 2015. Sarah contracted smallpox in 1741, a disease that would often leave its victims scarred and disfigured, "lowering () value in the marriage market." The impact that smallpox left on Sarah's literary aspirations has been recognized by critics: "Scott's pronounced concern (deformity... ) was motivated by her own experience of being left marked by a severe bout of smallpox (), a trauma which had played a key role in redirecting her away from emulating the social success of her equally beautiful sister Elizabeth (Robinson), towards a life dedicated to writing, domestic female friendship and Christian philanthropy."Shuttleton, David E. ''Smallpox and the Literary Imagination 1660-1820''. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2007. p. 135. Likely owing to her own experience with the illness, Sarah would write later of a character who had the telltale marks of smallpox, marks which diminished her complexion but not her character.A year after Sarah's illness, her sister Elizabeth, after being befriended by Lady Margaret Harley and introduced to the highest circles of London life, married the wealthy fifty-year-old Edward Montagu, grandson of the earl of Sandwich. Sarah, however, stayed home to tend to her mother, who was dying of cancer. After her mother died in 1746, Sarah went with Elizabeth and Edward to Bath for a visit, where she chose to stay and care for the invalid Lady Barbara Montagu, or Lady Bab, with whom she developed a very close friendship. In 1748, the two women combined their finances and took a house together.
Sarah Scott (née Robinson) (21 September 1720 – 3 November 1795) was an English novelist, translator, social reformer, and member of the Bluestockings. Her most famous work was her utopian novel ''A Description of Millenium Hall and the Country Adjacent'', followed closely by the sequel ''The History of Sir George Ellison''.
==Early life==
Sarah's father, Matthew Robinson, and her mother, Elizabeth Drake, were both from distinguished families, and Sarah was the youngest of nine children. Although born in Yorkshire, she spent much time with her siblings in Cambridge, England, where her grandmother, Sarah Morris Drake, lived with her stepgrandfather, Dr. Conyers Middleton, a famous scholar at Cambridge University. All but one of her brothers would go on to a highly accomplished career, yet her elder sister, who would later become the writer and social activist Elizabeth Montagu, became the most accomplished, earning notoriety in literary circles as a prolific writer and founder of the Bluestockings, of which Sarah also became a member. The sisters were incredibly close in their early years, and although Elizabeth was much more acclaimed as an author, she often considered Sarah to be "superior in certain respects, particularly intellectual and literary interests, in which she encouraged her."〔(Kelly, Gary ). "Scott, Sarah (1720–1795)." ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.'' Oxford UP, 2004.〕 The two regularly corresponded with each other in letters which have been preserved, along with other letters Sarah wrote throughout her life, discussing such matters as "French and English literature and histories, writing, translation, and politics."〔 Pohl, Nicole. "Scott, Sarah." ''Encyclopedia of British Literature 1660-1789.'' Ed. Gary Day and Jack Lynch. Blackwell Publishing, 2015. ''Blackwell Reference Online.'' Web. 21 July 2015.〕 Sarah's letters also revealed an early love of literature, especially the works of Spenser, Sidney, Milton, Swift, and Voltaire.〔 Napier, Elizabeth R. "Sarah Scott." ''British Novelists, 1660-1800.'' Ed. Martin C. Battestin. Detroit: Gale, 1985. ''Dictionary of Literary Biography.'' Vol. 39. ''Literature Resource Center.'' Web. 6 Oct. 2015.〕
Sarah contracted smallpox in 1741, a disease that would often leave its victims scarred and disfigured, "lowering () value in the marriage market."〔 The impact that smallpox left on Sarah's literary aspirations has been recognized by critics: "Scott's pronounced concern (deformity... ) was motivated by her own experience of being left marked by a severe bout of smallpox (), a trauma which had played a key role in redirecting her away from emulating the social success of her equally beautiful sister Elizabeth (Robinson), towards a life dedicated to writing, domestic female friendship and Christian philanthropy."〔Shuttleton, David E. ''Smallpox and the Literary Imagination 1660-1820''. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2007. p. 135.〕 Likely owing to her own experience with the illness, Sarah would write later of a character who had the telltale marks of smallpox, marks which diminished her complexion but not her character.
A year after Sarah's illness, her sister Elizabeth, after being befriended by Lady Margaret Harley and introduced to the highest circles of London life, married the wealthy fifty-year-old Edward Montagu, grandson of the earl of Sandwich. Sarah, however, stayed home to tend to her mother, who was dying of cancer. After her mother died in 1746, Sarah went with Elizabeth and Edward to Bath for a visit, where she chose to stay and care for the invalid Lady Barbara Montagu, or Lady Bab, with whom she developed a very close friendship. In 1748, the two women combined their finances and took a house together.〔
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■ウィキペディアで「Sarah Scott (née Robinson) (21 September 1720 – 3 November 1795) was an English novelist, translator, social reformer, and member of the Bluestockings. Her most famous work was her utopian novel ''A Description of Millenium Hall and the Country Adjacent'', followed closely by the sequel ''The History of Sir George Ellison''.==Early life==Sarah's father, Matthew Robinson, and her mother, Elizabeth Drake, were both from distinguished families, and Sarah was the youngest of nine children. Although born in Yorkshire, she spent much time with her siblings in Cambridge, England, where her grandmother, Sarah Morris Drake, lived with her stepgrandfather, Dr. Conyers Middleton, a famous scholar at Cambridge University. All but one of her brothers would go on to a highly accomplished career, yet her elder sister, who would later become the writer and social activist Elizabeth Montagu, became the most accomplished, earning notoriety in literary circles as a prolific writer and founder of the Bluestockings, of which Sarah also became a member. The sisters were incredibly close in their early years, and although Elizabeth was much more acclaimed as an author, she often considered Sarah to be "superior in certain respects, particularly intellectual and literary interests, in which she encouraged her."(Kelly, Gary ). "Scott, Sarah (1720–1795)." ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.'' Oxford UP, 2004. The two regularly corresponded with each other in letters which have been preserved, along with other letters Sarah wrote throughout her life, discussing such matters as "French and English literature and histories, writing, translation, and politics." Pohl, Nicole. "Scott, Sarah." ''Encyclopedia of British Literature 1660-1789.'' Ed. Gary Day and Jack Lynch. Blackwell Publishing, 2015. ''Blackwell Reference Online.'' Web. 21 July 2015. Sarah's letters also revealed an early love of literature, especially the works of Spenser, Sidney, Milton, Swift, and Voltaire. Napier, Elizabeth R. "Sarah Scott." ''British Novelists, 1660-1800.'' Ed. Martin C. Battestin. Detroit: Gale, 1985. ''Dictionary of Literary Biography.'' Vol. 39. ''Literature Resource Center.'' Web. 6 Oct. 2015. Sarah contracted smallpox in 1741, a disease that would often leave its victims scarred and disfigured, "lowering () value in the marriage market." The impact that smallpox left on Sarah's literary aspirations has been recognized by critics: "Scott's pronounced concern (deformity... ) was motivated by her own experience of being left marked by a severe bout of smallpox (), a trauma which had played a key role in redirecting her away from emulating the social success of her equally beautiful sister Elizabeth (Robinson), towards a life dedicated to writing, domestic female friendship and Christian philanthropy."Shuttleton, David E. ''Smallpox and the Literary Imagination 1660-1820''. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2007. p. 135. Likely owing to her own experience with the illness, Sarah would write later of a character who had the telltale marks of smallpox, marks which diminished her complexion but not her character.A year after Sarah's illness, her sister Elizabeth, after being befriended by Lady Margaret Harley and introduced to the highest circles of London life, married the wealthy fifty-year-old Edward Montagu, grandson of the earl of Sandwich. Sarah, however, stayed home to tend to her mother, who was dying of cancer. After her mother died in 1746, Sarah went with Elizabeth and Edward to Bath for a visit, where she chose to stay and care for the invalid Lady Barbara Montagu, or Lady Bab, with whom she developed a very close friendship. In 1748, the two women combined their finances and took a house together.」の詳細全文を読む
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