Henrietta Rouviere Mosse

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Standard Name: Mosse, Henrietta Rouviere
Indexed Name: Henrietta Rouvière Mosse
Birth Name: Henrietta Rouvière
HRM published about ten novels and a volume of short fiction with the Minerva Press and its successor during the early nineteenth century; writing at first for pleasure, then out of increasingly desperate financial need. Her fiction is melodramatically plotted but well-written, with skilful handling of dialogue both fashionable and low-life, and with scenes ranging through London, the English provinces, Scotland, France, and Italy.

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Mosse, Henrietta Rouviere. A Bride and No Wife. Minerva Press (A. K. Newman), 1817, 4 vols. in 2.
Mosse, Henrietta Rouviere. A Father’s Love and a Woman’s Friendship. A. K. Newman, 1825, 5 vols.
Mosse, Henrietta Rouviere. A Peep at our Ancestors. Lane, Newman and Co., 1807, 4 vols.
Mosse, Henrietta Rouviere. Arrivals from India. Minerva Press (A. K. Newman), 1812, 4 vols.
Mosse, Henrietta Rouviere. Gratitude, and Other Tales. A. K. Newman, 1826, 3 vols.
Mosse, Henrietta Rouviere. Lussington Abbey. Minerva Press, 1804, 2 vols.
Mosse, Henrietta Rouviere. The Blandfords. Newman, 1829.
Mosse, Henrietta Rouviere. The Heirs of Villeroy. Minerva Press (Lane, Newman and Co.), 1805, 3 vols.
Mosse, Henrietta Rouviere. The Old Irish Baronet. Minerva Press (Lane, Newman and Co.), 1808, 3 vols.
Mosse, Henrietta Rouviere. Woman’s Wit and Man’s Wisdom, or, Intrigue: A Novel. A. K. Newman and Co., 1827, 4 vols.