Spodbude literarnega ustvarjanja Pavline Pajk

Pavlina Pajk, rojena Doljak, velja za prvo damo slovenskega ženskega romana in povesti. Italijanščina je bil njen pogovorni jezik vse do petnajstega leta, ko je manjši primorski kraj Solkan v bližini Gorice postal njena domovina, slovenščina njen materni jezik, solkanska čitalnica pomembno kulturno okolje, s spodbudami Matije Doljaka in Karla Lavriča pa je pričela z avtorskim pesnjenjem. Na začetek njene literarne poti sta vplivala predvsem jezikovni in kulturni položaj solkanskega in goriškega okolja, politični vpliv je bil zgolj posreden.Pavlina Pajk, neé Doljak, is the first lady of Slovene women\u27s novels and tales. Her everyday language until the age of 15 was Italian, but when the small seaside settlement of Solkan near Gorica became her home, Slovene her first langugae and the Solkan reading room an important cultural environment, and she was encourages by Matija Doljak and Karel Lavrič, she started to write. Her initial literary steps were influenced above all by the linguistic and cultural environment in Solkan adn the Gorica area, whereas any political influence was only indirect