The book "The Book of Sibyls: Miss Barbold, Miss Edgeworth, Miss Opie, Miss Austen" by Anne Thackeray Ritchie is a work that reveals the lives and works of four outstanding English writers of the 18th and 19th centuries: Hannah Maria Opie, Eliza Barbold, Maria Edgeworth and Jane Austen. The author explores their influential significance in the literature and society of her time, as well as the shades of characters and feelings that they absorbed in their works. Each of these women is crowned with success in literary work and public recognition, but each of them carried their own pains and joys. "The Book of Sibyls" contributes to a better understanding and appreciation of the legacy of these talented women writers who left an indelible mark on world literature.