Elizabeth Robins Pennell
Elizabeth Robins Pennell was an American writer who, for most of her adult life, made her home in London. A researcher summed her up in a work published in 2000 as "an adventurous, accomplished, self-assured, well-known columnist, biographer, cookbook collector, and art critic"; in addition, she wrote travelogues, mainly of European cycling voyages, and memoirs, centred on her London salon. Her biographies included the first in almost a century of the proto-feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, one of her uncle the folklorist Charles Godfrey Leland, and one of her friend the painter Whistler. In recent years, her art criticism has come under scrutiny, and her food criticism has been reprinted.
Our House and London out of Our Windows
Amidst the search for domestic bliss, a couple's London life is turned upside down by the unpredictable antics of their hired help and the surprising chaos of urban living.
By Elizabeth Robins Pennell
Nights: Rome, Venice, in the Aesthetic Eighties; London, Paris, in the Fighting Nineties
A penniless artist and her husband chase artistic dreams in Europe, leading to surprising escapades and unforgettable cultural clashes.
By Elizabeth Robins Pennell
Mary Wollstonecraft
Discover how one woman's fight against abuse and rigid social expectations made her a revolutionary voice for women's rights.
By Elizabeth Robins Pennell
The Life of James McNeill Whistler
Discover the story behind a famous painter's rise to greatness and the family secrets that molded his complex character.
By Elizabeth Robins Pennell
Our Philadelphia
Journey back in time as a native daughter recounts her life growing up in a city, where personal memories intertwine with historical change.
By Elizabeth Robins Pennell
The Feasts of Autolycus: The Diary of a Greedy Woman
Embark on a journey through the eyes of a woman who defies convention and boldly proclaims the joys of gastronomy as an art form.
By Elizabeth Robins Pennell