author
Netta Syrett
1865–1943
A prolific English novelist, playwright, and children’s writer, she became known for fiction that gave intelligent, independent women a central place in the story. Her work moved between late-Victorian and early-20th-century literary culture, and one of her novels later became the film A Woman Rebels.
6 Audiobooks
Anne Page
by Netta Syrett
The day's journey
by Netta Syrett
Rachel and the Seven Wonders
by Netta Syrett
Nobody's fault
by Netta Syrett
The Old Miracle Plays of England
by Netta Syrett
Magic London
by Netta Syrett
About the author
Born Janet Syrett in Ramsgate, Kent, on March 17, 1865, she wrote under the name Netta Syrett. She was part of the literary world around the fin de siècle and is especially associated with "New Woman" fiction, writing novels that explored women’s ambitions, choices, and social limits.
Syrett wrote widely across forms, including novels, short stories, plays, and books for children. Sources available here describe her as a notably prolific author, with around thirty novels to her name, and record that her novel Portrait of a Rebel was adapted into the 1936 film A Woman Rebels.
She died on December 15, 1943. Though she is less widely read today than some of her contemporaries, her fiction remains of interest for its lively storytelling and its clear engagement with changing ideas about women’s independence and modern life.