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Netta Syrett
1865–1943
A late-Victorian English novelist and playwright, remembered for fiction that gave independent-minded women the center of the story. Her best-known work, Portrait of a Rebel, later became the 1936 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 grew up in a literary family and later wrote under the name Netta Syrett. Before turning fully to writing, she trained as a teacher and taught for a time, experiences that shaped the sharp social observations in her fiction.
She became known in the 1890s and early 1900s for novels featuring "New Woman" heroines—characters who pushed against the limits placed on women in late Victorian society. Along with novels for adults, she also wrote short stories, plays, and books for younger readers, showing a range that went beyond the work she is most often remembered for today.
Syrett died in London on December 15, 1943. Her work still draws interest for its lively storytelling and for the way it captures changing ideas about women, work, marriage, and independence at the turn of the century.