Provisional Notes |
Two translations into Dutch in NCC/Picarta,
several translations into French in Cat BnF.
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Born in Ireland. She was educated by governesses. The family moved to England when she was nineteen, and at thirty-three she married Alexander Hector, a wealthy merchant. Widowed at fifty, she settled down to novel-writing, publishing over forty titles with steady success, the last when she was seventy-seven. The best known are The Wooing O’t (1873) and the semi-autobiographical Kitty Costello (1902). Died in London, 10 July 1902; buried in Kensal Green Cemetery.
Married to Alexander Hector, used his forename as a pseudonym.
KLK 1904 |