Hector, Annie French (1825 - 1902)
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| Short name | Hector, Annie French |
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| VIAF | http://viaf.org/viaf/32028378/ |
| First name | Annie |
| Birth name | French |
| Married name | |
| Alternative name | Mrs Alexander |
| Date of birth | 1825 |
| Date of death | 1902 |
| Flourishing | - |
| Sex | Female |
| Place of birth | Dublin |
| Place of death | London |
| Lived in | England , Ireland |
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| Father | |
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| Religion / ideology | |
| Education | Educated at home |
| Aristocratic title | - |
| Professional or ecclesiastical title | - |
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| Place(s) of Residence | England , Ireland |
Author of
| receptions | circulations | |
|---|---|---|
| *Wealth (189?) | 1 | 0 |
| Behind the Veil (1873) | 1 | 0 |
| The wooing o't (1873) | 4 | 1 |
| Maid, Wife or Widow (1873) | 3 | 0 |
| Six months hence (1873) | 1 | 0 |
| The Admiral's Ward (1878) | 1 | 1 |
| A Crooked Path (1880) | 2 | 1 |
| A second life (1885) | 3 | 1 |
| By woman's wit (1886) | 2 | 0 |
| Mona's Choice (1887) | 3 | 0 |
| A Life Interest (1888) | 3 | 1 |
| What Gold Cannot Buy (1890) | 1 | 0 |
| *The Victoria Cross (1890) | 1 | 0 |
| Blind Fate (1890) | 3 | 1 |
| Barbara: A Lady's Maid and Peeress (1890) | 2 | 0 |
| For his sake (1892) | 1 | 0 |
| Found wanting (1893) | 1 | 1 |
| The snare of the Fowler (1893) | 1 | 0 |
| A Ward in Chancery (1894) | 1 | 1 |
| A winning Hazard (1896) | 1 | 0 |
| A fight with fate (1896) | 3 | 0 |
| Mrs Crichton's Creditor (1897) | 0 | 1 |
| Brown (1899) | 1 | 0 |
| Which shall it be? (1899) | 1 | 0 |
| *The folly of the heir (1900) | 1 | 0 |
| *The family's favourite (1900) | 1 | 0 |
| *Onweerswolken (Storm clouds) (1900) | 1 | 0 |
| Through fire to fortune (1900) | 0 | 0 |
| A missing hero (1901) | 1 | 0 |
| Stronger than love (1902) | 1 | 0 |
| The yellow Fiend (1902) | 1 | 0 |
| *Biegen oder brechen | 0 | 1 |
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For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.
| Title | Author | Date | Type |
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| Elliot & Fry, portrait of Annie French Hector ('The late Mrs. Alexander'), in The Critic v.41 (1902) | None | is portrait of |
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