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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: Eliza Hunt

Author: Eliza Hunt (1845–1890)

Alternate Name(s): Eliza Meadows Shepard Thorp (maiden name); Mrs. John Hunt (familiar name); Spes (pseudonym)

Biography: Eliza Meadows Shepard Hunt was born in 1845 in Hampshire, the daughter of solicitor Frederick William Thorp. In 1873, she married clergyman John Hunt (1827–1907), author and vicar of Otford, Kent. Hunt wrote two novels, the first under her maiden name and the second under her married name. She died on 2 March 1890 in Otford.

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References: British Census (1861, 1881); Maidstone Journal (18 March 1890); Probate

Fiction Titles:

  1. Come of her Vow.  1 vol.  London: Town and Country Publishing Co., 1874.
  2. The Wards of Plotinus.  3 vol.  London: Alexander Strahan, 1881.

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