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The Early Nineteenth-Century Novel
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The beggar girl and her benefactors: a novel. 7 vols 1797, 3 vols
Dublin 1797, 1798, 5 vols London 1799, 5 vols 1813; tr Fr 1798.
Vicissitudes abroad: or the ghost of my father: a novel. 6 vols 1806.
Attributed and spurious works
De Valcourt. 2 vols 1800 (anon), 1 vol Dublin 1800, Philadelphia 1801.
Attributed to A. M. Bennett by Block and National Union
Catalogue and on title page of Dublin and Philadelphia edns.
However, De Valcourt also attributed to Eliza Lake on title page
of The wheel of fortune (1806).
Faith and fiction: or shining lights in a dark generation, a novel by
Elizabeth Bennett. 5 vols 1816; tr Fr 1816.
Emily: or the wife’s first error; and Beauty and ugliness: or the
father’s prayer and the mother’s prophecy. Two tales by Elizabeth
Bennett. 4 vols 1819; tr Fr 1820.
BL attributes these novels to A. M. Bennett, while Blakey, Summers and
Bibliothèque Nationale have Elizabeth Bennet(t). A. M. Bennett died in 1808,
but DNB asserts this novel was pbd posthumously, citing R. Watt’s
Bibliotheca Britannica (1824). BL also adopts DNB’s erroneous form of
name, Agnes Maria Bennett.
Henry Bennet et Julie Johnson, ou les esquirses des coeur, roman
traduit de l’anglais. 3 vols Paris 1794. Bibliothèque Nationale
attributes this to A. M. Bennett, though notes it has also been
attributed to Jean Raithby.
For a listing of reviews and notices of A. M. Bennett’s works, see Ward (1979,
1972).
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Lewes, C. L. In his Memoirs vol 4, 1805.
Fuller, J. F. A curious genealogical medley. In Miscellanea genealogica
et heraldica, 1913. On A. M. Bennett and her relations. [cf]
William Bennet, ‘Lee Gibbons’ 1796–1879
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The cavalier: a romance by Lee Gibbons, student of law. 3 vols 1821, 2
vols Philadelphia 1822; tr Ger 1822.
Malpas, or le poursuivant d’amour: a romance. 3 vols 1822; tr Ger
1824,Fr 1825.
The king of the peak: a romance. 3 vols 1823, 1 vol 1883.
Owain goch: a tale of the revolution. 3 vols 1827. [pg]
Marguerite, Countess of Blessington, née
Power 1789–1949
Bibliographies
Sadleir, M. In his XIX century fiction: a bibliographical record, 2
vols 1951.
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Sketches and fragments. 1822, 1823. Anon.
The magic lantern: or sketches of scenes in the metropolis, by the
author of Sketches and fragments. 1822, 1823.
Journal of a tour through the Netherlands to Paris in 1821 by the
author of Sketches and fragments etc. 1822.
Rambles in Waltham Forest: a stranger’s contribution to the triennial
sale for the benefit of the Wanstead Lying-in charity. 1827.
Verse, illustr C. M. H.
The repealers: a novel. 3 vols 1833, 1833 (as Grace Cassidy: or the
repealers).
Conversations of Lord Byron with the Countess of Blessington.
1834, 1850, Boston 1859 (as A journal of conversations with Lord
Byron) (with a memoir of the author), London 1893; tr Fr 1933.
Serialised in NMM 1832–3.
The two friends: a novel. 3 vols 1835.
The confessions of an elderly gentleman. Illustr E. T. Parris 1836,
1847; tr Ger 1837.
The victims of society. 3 vols 1837, Paris 1837.
The works of Lady Blessington. 2 vols Philadelphia 1838. For contents,
see Sadleir, above.
The confessions of an elderly lady. Illustr E. T. Parris 1838.
The governess. 2 vols 1839, Paris 1840.
The idler in Italy. 2 vols 1839, 3 vols 1839, Paris and Philadelphia 1839.
Desultory thoughts and reflections. 1839, 1839, New York and Paris
1839.
The belle of a season. Illustr A. E. Chalon 1840. Verse.
The idler in France. 2 vols 1841, Paris 1841.
The lottery of life. 3 vols 1842, Paris 1842, London 1844, [1857]. Tales.
Meredith. 3 vols 1843.
Strathern, or life at home and abroad: a story of the present day. 4
vols 1845.
The memoirs of a femme de chambre: a novel. 3 vols 1846, Leipzig
1846, Philadelphia [1850] (as Ella Stratford: or the orphan child).
Marmaduke Herbert, or the fatal error: a novel, founded in fact. 3
vols 1847, 2 vols Leipzig 1847.
Country quarters: a novel, with a memoir . . . by Miss [M. A.] Power. 3
vols 1850, 2 vols Leipzig 1850, 1 vol London 1852 (2nd edn).
Lady Blessington edited various gift books and was for many years editor and
principal contributor to The Book of Beauty and Keepsake. She also edited
Lionel Deerhurst: or fashionable life under the Regency, by Barbara
Hemphill (3 vols 1846).
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Madden, R. R. The literary life and correspondence of the Countess
of Blessington. 3 vols 1855.
Maginn, W. In his A gallery of illustrious literary characters, 1873.
The Blessington papers. In Collection of autograph letters formed
by A. Morrison ser 2, 1895. Chiefly letters written to Lady
Blessington.
Sadleir, M. Blessington–D’Orsay. 1933, 1947.
Rosa, M. W. The silver fork school: novels of fashion preceding
Vanity Fair. New York 1936, ch 8.
Caroline Anne Bowles, later Southey 1786–1854
See col 236.
Anna Eliza Bray, née Kempe, first married name
Stothard 1790–1883
Bibliographies
Wolff, R. L. In his Nineteenth-century fiction: a bibliographical catalogue,
5 vols New York and London 1981–6.
Collections
Novels and romances. 10 vols 1845–6, 12 vols 1884 (rev).
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Letters written during a tour through Normandy, Britanny and
other parts of France in 1818; with engravings after drawings by
C. Stothard. 1820.
Memoirs, including original journals, letters, papers and antiquarian
tracts of the late C. A. Stothard; and some account of a journey
in the Netherlands. 1823.
De Foix: or sketches of the manners and customs of the fourteenth
century, an historical romance. 3 vols 1826, 1833, 1 vol 1846 (rev),
1884 (rev).
The white hoods: an historical romance. 3 vols 1828, 1833, 1 vol 1845
(rev), 1884 (rev); tr Fr 1828, Ger 1835.
The Protestant: a tale of the reign of Queen Mary, by the author of
De Foix, The white hoods etc. 3 vols 1828, 2 vols New York 1829, 3
vols London 1833, 1 vol 1884 (rev).
Fitz of Fitz-ford: a legend of Devon. 3 vols 1830, 1 vol 1845 (rev), 1884
(rev).