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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: Barbara Hemphill

Author: Barbara Hemphill (1775–1858)

Alternate Name(s): Hare (maiden name)

Biography: Novelist. See entry in DNB or Loeber. Note: her birth date is approximate based on her siblings and marriage in 1807.

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References: British Census (1841); DNB; Loeber; Times (11 May 1858)

Fiction Titles:

  1. Lionel Deerhurst: or, Fashionable Life Under the Regency.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1846.
  2. The Priest's Niece: or, The Heirship of Barnulph.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1855.
  3. Freida the Jongleur.  3 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1857.