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Anne Manning (novelist)

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471: 498: 490: 452: 22:(17 February 1807 – 14 September 1879) was an English novelist. Born in London, she was an active writer, having 51 works to her credit. Though her writings were antiquated in style, they were considered to have some literary charm and a delicate historical imagination. Her best known novel features the young wife of the poet 568: 70:
was so popular that her subsequent works simply identified Manning as "The Author of Mary Powell," otherwise remaining anonymous. A number of sources subsequently attributed the pseudonym of "Mary Powell" to
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font, to add a visual element to the notion that their works were actual diaries of long ago persons.
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Memoriam: Anne Manning, Author of "Mary Powell", by the author of "Moravian Life in the Black Forest"
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were published into the 1930s, Manning's archaic style has long since fallen out of favor.
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Manning initially produced two books of non-fiction, followed by her first fictional work,
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The Lincolnshire Tragedy: Passages in the Life of the Faire Gospeller, Mistress Anne Askew
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Manning never married, and was considered a chronic invalid, living for many years at
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Material Fictions: Readers and Texuality in the British Novel, 1814--1852
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The Maiden and Married Life of Mary Powell, afterwards Mistress Milton
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The Maiden and Married Life of Mary Powell, afterwards Mistress Milton
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The Cambridge bibliography of English literature, Vol. III 1800-1900
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home life in the form of a diary written by his daughter Margaret.
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Writers of historical fiction set in the early modern period
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until her mother died, and then at a sister's house near
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and later published in book form. She is best known for
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A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature
52:. It is derived from the story of the young wife of 356: 354: 253:Jacques Bonneval, or the Days of the Dragonnades 170:The Adventures of Caliph Haroun Alraschid (1855) 197:, in the voice of Milton and Powell's daughter) 8: 516:. London: J. M. Dent & Sons – via 271: 269: 231:Meadowleigh: A Tale of English Country Life 117:Manning wrote over 50 books. They include: 362:The Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction 416:The Colloquies of Edward Osborne (review) 374:Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign 327:, pp. 177–178 (2009 Ph.D. dissertation). 265: 342:and Anne Manning's "Spurious Antiques" 376:, pp. 211-16 (biographical sketch by 7: 403:The World's Greatest Books, Volume 6 564:British women historical novelists 554:19th-century British women writers 391:Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia 207:The Year Nine. A Tale of the Tyrol 14: 128:Stories from the History of Italy 101:Although inexpensive reprints of 496: 488: 450: 154:The Colloquies of Edward Osborne 147:The Household of Sir Thomas More 107:The Household of Sir Thomas More 58:The Household of Sir Thomas More 393:, p. 476 (1988, Routledge 2011) 348:, Fall 1972, No. 42, pp. 22–24. 544:19th-century British novelists 472:Works by or about Anne Manning 1: 559:British historical novelists 177:(1855) (in reference to the 77:The Diary of Lady Willoughby 16:English novelist (1807–1879) 487:(public domain audiobooks) 600: 405:, p. 155 (see note) (1910) 201:The Ladies of Bever Hollow 98:, where she died in 1879. 323:Hasell, Duncan Ingraham. 219:A Noble Purpose Nobly Won 175:The Old Chelsea Bun-House 584:English women historians 346:The Victorian Newsletter 277:Dictionary of Pseudonyms 56:. She is also known for 549:English women novelists 457:Anne Manning (novelist) 279:, p. 387 (5th ed. 2010) 225:The Duchess of Trajetto 308:Anne Manning - A Query 237:An Interrupted Wedding 579:Novelists from London 481:Works by Anne Manning 463:Works by Anne Manning 389:Mitchell, Sally, ed. 295:Englishwoman's Review 113:Selected bibliography 508:Cousin, John William 459:at Wikimedia Commons 437:, p. 495 (1969 ed.). 433:Bateson, F. W., ed. 414:(20 November 1852). 378:Charlotte Mary Yonge 288:(14 February 1880). 213:Poplar House Academy 193:(1858) (a sequel to 73:Hannah Mary Rathbone 574:Victorian novelists 336:Simmons, James. C. 164:Cherry & Violet 136:(1833, first novel) 130:(1831, non-fiction) 124:(1826, non-fiction) 30:Background and life 360:Sutherland, John. 185:The Good Old Times 156:(1852) (regarding 467:Project Gutenberg 455:Media related to 179:Chelsea Bun House 41:Sharpe's Magazine 591: 521: 500: 492: 491: 476:Internet Archive 454: 438: 431: 425: 412: 406: 400: 394: 387: 381: 371: 365: 358: 349: 334: 328: 321: 315: 306:(October 1901). 304: 298: 286: 280: 273: 599: 598: 594: 593: 592: 590: 589: 588: 524: 523: 506: 489: 447: 442: 441: 432: 428: 413: 409: 401: 397: 388: 384: 372: 368: 359: 352: 335: 331: 322: 318: 312:Library Journal 305: 301: 287: 283: 274: 267: 262: 191:Deborah's Diary 122:A Sister's Gift 115: 96:Tunbridge Wells 81:Caslon Old Face 60:, a picture of 32: 17: 12: 11: 5: 597: 595: 587: 586: 581: 576: 571: 566: 561: 556: 551: 546: 541: 536: 526: 525: 494: 493: 478: 469: 460: 446: 445:External links 443: 440: 439: 426: 407: 395: 382: 366: 350: 329: 316: 299: 281: 264: 263: 261: 258: 257: 256: 250: 245:(1866) (about 240: 234: 228: 222: 216: 210: 204: 198: 188: 182: 172: 167: 161: 158:Edward Osborne 151: 143: 137: 134:Village Belles 131: 125: 114: 111: 36:Village Belles 31: 28: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 596: 585: 582: 580: 577: 575: 572: 570: 567: 565: 562: 560: 557: 555: 552: 550: 547: 545: 542: 540: 537: 535: 532: 531: 529: 522: 519: 515: 514: 509: 504: 503:public domain 499: 486: 482: 479: 477: 473: 470: 468: 464: 461: 458: 453: 449: 448: 444: 436: 430: 427: 423: 422: 421:The Spectator 417: 411: 408: 404: 399: 396: 392: 386: 383: 379: 375: 370: 367: 363: 357: 355: 351: 347: 343: 341: 333: 330: 326: 320: 317: 313: 309: 303: 300: 297: 296: 291: 285: 282: 278: 275:Room, Adrian 272: 270: 266: 259: 254: 251: 248: 244: 241: 238: 235: 232: 229: 226: 223: 220: 217: 214: 211: 208: 205: 202: 199: 196: 192: 189: 186: 183: 180: 176: 173: 171: 168: 165: 162: 159: 155: 152: 149: 148: 144: 141: 138: 135: 132: 129: 126: 123: 120: 119: 118: 112: 110: 108: 104: 99: 97: 93: 89: 84: 82: 78: 74: 69: 65: 63: 59: 55: 51: 47: 43: 42: 37: 29: 27: 25: 21: 511: 495: 429: 419: 410: 398: 385: 369: 345: 339: 338:Thackeray's 332: 319: 311: 302: 293: 284: 252: 242: 236: 230: 224: 218: 212: 206: 200: 194: 190: 184: 174: 169: 163: 153: 145: 139: 133: 127: 121: 116: 106: 102: 100: 85: 76: 67: 66: 57: 49: 45: 39: 35: 33: 20:Anne Manning 19: 18: 539:1879 deaths 534:1807 births 195:Mary Powell 103:Mary Powell 68:Mary Powell 54:John Milton 50:Mary Powell 24:John Milton 528:Categories 518:Wikisource 260:References 247:Anne Askew 314:, p. 730. 510:(1910). 485:LibriVox 380:) (1897) 364:, p. 411 90:Hill in 75:, whose 505::  474:at the 424:, p. 17 88:Reigate 340:Esmond 255:(1867) 239:(1864) 233:(1863) 227:(1863) 221:(1862) 215:(1859) 209:(1858) 203:(1858) 187:(1857) 166:(1853) 150:(1852) 142:(1849) 92:Surrey 62:More's 344:, in 105:and 483:at 465:at 530:: 418:, 353:^ 310:, 292:, 268:^ 26:. 520:. 249:) 181:) 160:)

Index

John Milton
Sharpe's Magazine
John Milton
More's
Hannah Mary Rathbone
Caslon Old Face
Reigate
Surrey
Tunbridge Wells
The Household of Sir Thomas More
Edward Osborne
Chelsea Bun House
Anne Askew


Dictionary of Pseudonyms
Memoriam: Anne Manning, Author of "Mary Powell", by the author of "Moravian Life in the Black Forest"
Englishwoman's Review
Anne Manning - A Query
Material Fictions: Readers and Texuality in the British Novel, 1814--1852
Thackeray's Esmond and Anne Manning's "Spurious Antiques"


The Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction
Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign
Charlotte Mary Yonge
Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia
The World's Greatest Books, Volume 6
The Colloquies of Edward Osborne (review)
The Spectator

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