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Catharine Selden

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Catharine Selden (dates not known) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels in the early 19th century.

Little known today, she was "prolific" and her novels "best-selling" for her publisher, Minerva Press.[1] She published seven novels. The first, The English Nun (1797),[2] was written in imitation of Diderot's La Religieuse (1792).[3]

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  • The English Nun: a Novel (London, 1797)
  • The Count de Santerre (1797)
  • Lindor; or Early Engagements (1798)[4]
  • Serena (1800)
  • The Sailors (1800)[4]
  • German Letters (Translator, Cork, 1804)
  • Villa Nova: or, The Ruined Castle (1805)
  • Villasantelle, or The Curious Impertinent (1817)[5]

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