Brooke was born in Cheshire on 22 December 1844. Her father was a cotton mill owner and a capitalist. She was brought up in Bollington. Her father died in 1872 and with her inheritance she invested it in her own education.[2] She was educated at Newnham College between 1872 and 1874 and the London School of Economics in the late 1890s.[3] After she left Newnham she returned to Bollington. She seems to have lost most of her inherited fortune some time before 1879, though it is unclear how this happened. She never married or had children. She supported herself as a writer from 1880 until 1912, when she stopped writing entirely.[2]
Her most famous novel, A Superfluous Woman, was published in 1894. This was called an immoral tale by some male critics of the time. The plot of the novel focused partly on a story about the effects of the degeneration of the aristocratic classes on the women who were forced to marry them for money. At the end of the novel, the heroine, Jessamine Halliday, gives birth to a deformed still born child and afterward dies. Brooke implies, but does not explicitly state, that the Lord who Jessamine marries might have syphilis. This was the first of Brooke's "New Woman" novels.[4] Brooke saw this novel and The Woman Who Did as important in trying to resolve the "Sex Question" which she thought dominated debate in the 1880s and 1890s. She was annoyed when H. G. Wells reinvented the question when he spoke to the Fabian Society in 1906.[5]
Brooke died at a nursing home in Weybridge, Surrey on November 28, 1926.[3]
Worksedit
Milicent: A Poem (1881)
A Fair Country Maid (1883)
God's Gifts to Two or Margaret Redfern's Discipline (1883)
Reaping the Whirlwind: A Story of Three Lives (1885)
^Portrait Album of Who's who at the international Congress of Women, Held in London, From June 26th to July 5th 1899. Arundel Street, Strand, London: The Gentlewoman. 1899. p. 17.
^ abcdEmma Brooke (22 October 2015). A Superfluous Woman. Victorian Secrets Limited. pp. 5–. ISBN978-1-906469-56-6.
^ abEmma Brooke, Elmbridgehundred, Retrieved 21 June 2016
^Christine L. Krueger (1 July 2014). Encyclopedia of British Writers, 19th and 20th Centuries. Infobase Publishing. p. 43. ISBN978-1-4381-0870-4.
^Emma Brooke:Fabian, feminist and writer, Kay Daniels, Women’s History Review, Volume 12, Number 2, 2003
emma, brooke, emma, frances, brooke, december, 1844, november, 1926, british, novelist, campaigner, rights, women, workers, emma, frances, brooke, depicted, program, 1899, international, congress, women, which, representative, born22, december, 1844, bollingto. Emma Brooke or Emma Frances Brooke 22 December 1844 November 1926 was a British novelist and a campaigner for the rights of women and workers Emma Frances BrookeEmma Brooke as depicted in Program of 1899 International Congress of Women at which she was a representative 1 Born22 December 1844 2 Bollington CheshireDied1926Weybridge SurreyOccupationwriterNationalityBritishLiterary movementNew Woman Contents 1 Life 2 Works 3 References 4 External linksLife editBrooke was born in Cheshire on 22 December 1844 Her father was a cotton mill owner and a capitalist She was brought up in Bollington Her father died in 1872 and with her inheritance she invested it in her own education 2 She was educated at Newnham College between 1872 and 1874 and the London School of Economics in the late 1890s 3 After she left Newnham she returned to Bollington She seems to have lost most of her inherited fortune some time before 1879 though it is unclear how this happened She never married or had children She supported herself as a writer from 1880 until 1912 when she stopped writing entirely 2 Her most famous novel A Superfluous Woman was published in 1894 This was called an immoral tale by some male critics of the time The plot of the novel focused partly on a story about the effects of the degeneration of the aristocratic classes on the women who were forced to marry them for money At the end of the novel the heroine Jessamine Halliday gives birth to a deformed still born child and afterward dies Brooke implies but does not explicitly state that the Lord who Jessamine marries might have syphilis This was the first of Brooke s New Woman novels 4 Brooke saw this novel and The Woman Who Did as important in trying to resolve the Sex Question which she thought dominated debate in the 1880s and 1890s She was annoyed when H G Wells reinvented the question when he spoke to the Fabian Society in 1906 5 Brooke died at a nursing home in Weybridge Surrey on November 28 1926 3 Works editMilicent A Poem 1881 A Fair Country Maid 1883 God s Gifts to Two or Margaret Redfern s Discipline 1883 Reaping the Whirlwind A Story of Three Lives 1885 Entangled 1885 The Heir Without a Heritage 1887 A Superfluous Woman 1894 2 Transition A Novel 1895 6 Life the Accuser 1896 The Confession of Stephen Whapshare 1898 The Engrafted Rose 1899 The Twins of Skirlaugh Hall 1903 The Poet s Child 1903 Susan Wooed and Susan Won 1905 Sir Elyot of the Woods 1907 The Story of Hauksgarth Farm 1909 The House of Robershaye 1912 References edit Portrait Album of Who s who at the international Congress of Women Held in London From June 26th to July 5th 1899 Arundel Street Strand London The Gentlewoman 1899 p 17 a b c d Emma Brooke 22 October 2015 A Superfluous Woman Victorian Secrets Limited pp 5 ISBN 978 1 906469 56 6 a b Emma Brooke Elmbridgehundred Retrieved 21 June 2016 Christine L Krueger 1 July 2014 Encyclopedia of British Writers 19th and 20th Centuries Infobase Publishing p 43 ISBN 978 1 4381 0870 4 Emma Brooke Fabian feminist and writer Kay Daniels Women s History Review Volume 12 Number 2 2003 archive orgExternal links editEmma Brooke OxfordDNB Works by Emma Brooke at LibriVox public domain audiobooks nbsp 1 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Emma Brooke amp oldid 1180756236, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
