Lona Manning

Lona Manning is an independent researcher and writer who lives in Canada. She obtained her Masters by research from the University of York as a mature student. She studies the forgotten sentimental novels of the long eighteenth century, which are a rich trove of information about the literary conventions and social attitudes of the time. She has written for Quillette.com, History Reclaimed.co.uk, and her academic articles have appeared in Persuasions, the journal of the Jane Austen Society of North America, and in Notes & Queries. Her blog, “Clutching My Pearls,” at www.lonamanning.ca.