My Story by Moutzan-Martinengou, Elisavet - 1989

Baltimore: University of Georgia Press, 1989 Translation of the autobiography of Elizabeth Moutzan - Martinegou (1801-1832) who was the first woman novelist in modern Greece, but who never saw her work published in her lifetime. The "Autobiography" is of a young woman of the bourgeoisie in the Ionian Islands [Zakynthos] not able to take part in the intellectual life of the town but forced to live in seclusion in her father's house What is remarkable is that she taught herself to write in Greek, Italian and French at a time when girls were not given any education except in domestic skills.of a young girl in Zakynthos (1800-1830) - remarkablein that she taught herself to write in Greek, Italian and French at a time when girls were not given any education except for training in domestic skills.. 1st.US Ed... Hard Cover. As New/As New. Illus. by Trans. Helen Dendrinou Kolias.