Harriet Corp

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Standard Name: Corp, Harriet
Birth Name: Harriet Corp
Pseudonym: The Author of the Antidote
Pseudonym: The Author of Cottage Sketches
Pseudonym: The Author of Interesting Conversations
Used Form: the author of An Antidote to the Miseries of Human Life
HC was an obscure early nineteenth-century writer of religious and didactic fiction (both novels and short stories) with striking talent and intelligence, as well as a strong interest in the spiritual and material condition of the poor. Though earnest, she is also full of humour and common sense. Her most striking works were produced by a desire to answer the writings of others. She is a notable example of a writer who missed out on financial profit although her works achieved popularity.

Connections

Connections Author name Excerpt
Intertextuality and Influence Hannah More
Harriet Corp also responded, in 1817, with Coelebs Deceived, which opens with respectful critical dialogue about More's novel; but Corp's middle-aged protagonist finally decides to stay single. Mary Waldron suggests that Jane Austen 's...
Travel Mary Howitt
Mary Botham's life as a young woman was enlivened by much travel around Britain, making extended visits. On leaving school she spent some time with relatives in South Wales, and on her return journey...

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Texts

Corp, Harriet. A Sequel to the Antidote to the Miseries of Human Life. Williams and Smith, 1809.
Corp, Harriet. An Antidote to the Miseries of Human Life. Williams and Smith, 1807.
Corp, Harriet. An Antidote to the Miseries of Life. 3rd ed., Williams and Smith, 1808.
Corp, Harriet. Cottage Sketches. Gale, Curtis, and Fenner, 1812, 2 vols.
Corp, Harriet. Cottage Sketches. Second, Gale, Curtis, and Fenner, 1813, 2 vols.
Corp, Harriet. Cœlebs Deceived. Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1817, 2 vols.
Corp, Harriet. Familiar Scenes, Histories, and Reflections. Gale, Curtis, and Fenner, 1814.
Corp, Harriet. Familiar Scenes, Histories, and Reflections. Whittaker, 1821.
Corp, Harriet. Interesting Conversations. Williams and Smith, 1805.
Corp, Harriet. Talents Improved. Printed by R. Tilling, Newport, Isle of Wight, 1805.
Corp, Harriet. Tales Characteristic, Descriptive, and Allegorical. Baldwin and Cradock, 1829.
Corp, Harriet. Travellers in Search of Truth. 1849.