Charlotte Turner Smith is an eighteenth-century writer that had an interesting life. A husband that gambled her into debt, children that she has outlived, and obstacles to overcome. Routledge published the chapter written by myself and my PhD supervisor, Joseph Morrissey, on the 31st December 2022.

It wasn’t an easy task. The publishers approached us after a separate author had dropped out, so we joined the project late. The deadlines were tight and I have a feeling that because we were late joining, tighter than normal. Documents flew between the internet on a daily basis.

It was stressful. But that was also the beauty to it.

Maybe, that’s what Charlotte Turner Smith felt when she had to overcome obstacles. The beauty of it. The chapter highlights key areas of Charlotte Turner Smith’s career, her work and the reviews that she received during her lifetime and post-humously. It also discusses the scholarly research that has surrounded the author’s work.

It also contains a little bio of me:

Shannon Elayne Ann Weston is a PhD student at Coventry University, UK. Her project explores the morals and marginalization of women and pirates in an eighteenth-century historical fantasy creative piece as part of her novel, Seas’ Game. Weston is interested in historical writing, fantasy, and the representation of disability. She has published articles about these topics on her blog, Little Sea Bear, including “A Comparative Essay on the Outsiders’ Urge to Fix the ‘Problem Body: