Mary Charlton

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Standard Name: Charlton, Mary
Birth Name: Mary Charlton
Pseudonym: The Author of The Wife and the Mistress . . . .
Used Form: Mrs Charlton
Active at the end of the eighteenth century and the first several decades of the nineteenth, MC published a dozen historical or exotic romances and socially critical novels. The former made her one of the leading lights of the Minerva Press ; the latter have better stood the test of time, though the former share some of their intelligence and ability to make a narrative gripping. She also translated from several languages and may have edited poetry for children.

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Petrarch enjoyed great popularity in England at this time, in large part owing to the scholarly work of Susannah Dobson . Other poets channelled his voice (like Charlotte Smith, Anne Bannerman, Ann Yearsley, and Mary...

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Charlton, Mary. Ammorvin and Zallida. Minerva Press, 1798.
Charlton, Mary. Andronica. Minerva Press, 1797.
Charlton, Mary. Grandeur and Meanness. A. K. Newman, 1824, 3 vols.
Charlton, Mary. Past Events. Moore, 1824, 3 vols.
Charlton, Mary. Pathetic Poetry for Youth. Whittingham Juvenile Library, 1815.
Charlton, Mary. Phedora. Minerva Press, 1798, 4 vols.
Charlton, Mary. Rosella. Minerva Press, 1799.
Charlton, Mary. The Parisian. Minerva Press, 1794, 2 vols.
Charlton, Mary. The Pirate of Naples. Minerva Press, 1801, 2 vols.
Charlton, Mary. The Wife and the Mistress. Minerva Press, 1802, 4 vols.