Anne Raikes Harding
English writer
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Anne Raikes Harding, née Orchard (5 March 1781 – 28 April 1858) was an English novelist and miscellaneous writer.
Born
5 March 1779
Anne Raikes Orchard
5 March 1779
Bath, England
Died28 April 1858 (aged 79)
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
Anne Raikes Harding | |
|---|---|
| Born | Anne Raikes Orchard 5 March 1779 Bath, England |
| Died | 28 April 1858 (aged 79) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fiction |
Harding was born on 5 March 1781 in Bath. She married Thomas Harding but he died intestate in 1805, leaving her to raise their three children. She ran a school and worked as a governess while writing her novels.[1][2]
Harding published all her writing anonymously. As well as her novels, she wrote An Epitome of Universal History (London, 1848),[3] Sketches of the Highlands (1832), and Little Sermons (1840). She also contributed to reviews and periodicals.[1]
She died on 28 April 1858, at the house of her son-in-law, the Rev. William Kynaston Groves.[4]
Works
- Correction, 3 vols., 1818.
- Decision, 3 vols., 1819.
- The Refugees, 3 vols., 1822.
- Realities, 4 vols., 1825.
- Dissipation, 4 vols., 1827.
- Experience, 4 vols., 1828.
