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Hector, Annie French (1825 - 1902)

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Short name Hector, Annie French
VIAF http://viaf.org/viaf/32028378/
First name Annie
Birth name French
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Alternative name Mrs Alexander
Date of birth 1825
Date of death 1902
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Sex Female
Place of birth Dublin
Place of death London
Lived in England , Ireland
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Education Educated at home
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Hector, Annie French was ...
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Place(s) of Residence England , Ireland
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*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.

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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