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Beth Sutton-Ramspeck is a retired English professor, a Victorianist by training and a Potterhead through reading, teaching, research, and writing. Educated at Kenyon College, the University of California at Irvine, and Indiana University, she has taught at Southwest Texas State University (now called Texas State University), Virginia Tech, Millikin University, and The Ohio State University, where she was tenured and taught for 22 years.

While teaching at Virginia Tech, she happened on the novel Helbeck of Bannisdale, by Mary Ward (who published as "Mrs. Humphry Ward"). It changed her life, She fell head over heels in love with the novel, read more Ward books, and decided to return to graduate school (Indiana U), where she wrote her disserta ...more

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	Marcella by Mrs. Humphry Ward, Beth Sutton-Ramspeck (Goodreads Author) (editor), Nicole B. Meller (editor) 3.64 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 1894 — 87 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Herland and Related Writings by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Beth Sutton-Ramspeck (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.62 avg rating — 69 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Helbeck of Bannisdale [annotated] by Mrs. Humphry Ward, Beth Sutton-Ramspeck (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mary Augusta Ward 3.72 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1898 — 71 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Venus Boy by Lee Sutton, Lance Gentry (Editor), Beth Sutton-Ramspeck (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1955 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Raising the Dust: The Literary Housekeeping of Mary Ward, Sarah Grand, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2004 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Junge von der Venus: überarbeitete Ausgabe zum 60. Jahrestag by Lee Sutton, Richard Floethe (Illustrator), Lance Gentry (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	LE GARÇON DE VENUS: édition du 60e anniversaire by Lee Sutton, Richard Floethe (Illustrator), Lance Gentry (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.”
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'Oh Harry, don't you see?' Hermione breathed. 'If she could have done one thing to make absolutely sure that every single person in this school will read your interview, it was banning it!”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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