Susan Smythies

Susan Smythies (an haife ta a ranar 13 ga Janairu 1720) marubuciyar labarai ce 'yar Birtaniya daga Colchester da ke Essex.

 Rayuwa 
An haifi Smythies a Colchester a shekara ta 1720. Iyayenta sune Susan Puglet da Palmer Smythies. 

A shekarar 1753, Smythies ta buga littafin The Stage-coach ... wanda ya kasance littafin farko da aka yaɗa domin ba mutum ba ne amma abu ne. A wannan yanayin, littafin shine mai koyar da mataki. Littafin ya ƙunshi labarin Mr. Manly da sauran fasinjojin jirgin ƙasa.  An sake shirya littafin a matsayin labari na littattafai biyu don bugu na biyu da kuma littafi mai juzu'i uku don bugu na uku a shekarar 1789. Wani mai rubuta tarihin rayuwa ya ga tana ƙoƙarin zama mace Samuel Richardson,  yayin da wani kuma ya ga littafin a matsayin kafa sabuwar hanya tsakanin labarin aikin Richardson na mutum na farko da kuma ra'ayin mutum na uku na Henry Fielding . 

Littafin Smythies na gaba shine The History of Lucy Wellers, Written by a Lady wanda aka buga a shekarar 1754 kuma ya shafi labarin Lucy wadda ba a san asalinta ba. Ta ƙi kula da hankalin wani mutum kuma ta ƙare da yin aure cikin farin ciki da mai filaye. 

Labarinta mafi shahara "The Brothers" kusan ba a buga shi ba saboda da yawa sun ƙi shi. Smythies ta tuntuɓi Samuel Richardson kuma ya ba ta shawara da ta yi watsi da masu wallafawa. Ya gaya mata ta tattara jerin masu biyan kuɗi kuma a cikin wannan ta yi nasara sosai. Buga "The Brothers" ya haɗa da sunayen masu biyan kuɗi sama da shafuka 26. Richardson ba wai kawai ya yi rajista ba, har ma ya ƙara sunayen 'ya'yansa. Sauran sunayen da suka shahara a cikin jerin sun haɗa da William Franklin na Pennsylvania, Tobias Smollett, Garrick da Dodsley .  An buga littafin a shekara ta 1758 kuma 35 daga cikin masu biyan kuɗi daga Colchester ne. 

Ta kasance ba ta saba da rubutu ba kuma mace ce. Jerin littattafan da mata suka buga suna da ɗan ƙarami kuma yana iya yiwuwa an sanya wasu daga cikin ayyukan Smythies a cikin alkalamin ta duk da cewa shaidar ba ta da tabbas.

Ba a san cikakkun bayanai game da rayuwarta ta baya ba, kodayake an buga tarihin wani fil, kamar yadda aka danganta shi da "Na marubucin 'Yan'uwa'" a matsayin labarin yara a cikin 1798 da 1799. Wannan littafin zai iya kasancewa bayan mutuwarta amma ba a fayyace shi ba.  Wata majiya ta tabbata cewa tana da rai a 1774 lokacin da mahaifinta ya mutu kuma ya mutu a 1798 lokacin da aka buga labarin 'ya'yanta. 

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