Cornelia Richards (, Bradley;
pen name
A pen name, also called a ''nom de plume'' or a literary double, is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name.
A pen na ...
, Mrs. Manners; 1822-1892) was a 19th-century American writer.
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Biography
Cornelia Holroyd Bradley was born in
Hudson, New York, November 1, 1822. She was the daughter of George and Sarah (Brown) Bradley. Her siblings were George Thomas Bradley and the writer,
Alice Bradley Haven.
In 1841, she graduated from the
Hampton Literary institute,
and the same year, on September 21, married
William Carey Richards
William Carey Richards (November 24, 1818 – May 19, 1892) was an American magazine editor, author, and Baptist minister, known for his contributions to literature and magazines of the Southern United States during the 19th century.
Early ...
, a magazine editor, poet and scientific lecturer.
Their children were William (b. 1842), Herbert (b. 1849), Mabel (b. 1856), Cornelia (b. 1858), Harold (b. 1860), and Cecil (b. 1864).
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Richards wrote under the pen name of "Mrs. Manners". She was the author of: ''At Home and Abroad, or How to Behave'' (1853); ''Pleasure and Profit, or Lessons on the Lord's Prayer'' (1853); ''Aspiration, an Autobiography'' (1856); ''Sedgemoor, or Home Lessons'' (1857); ''Hester and I, or Beware of Worldliness'' (1860); ''Springs of Adion'' (1863); and ''Cousin Alice'' (1865), a memoir of her sister, Alice B. Haven (1871).
She died in
Detroit,
Michigan, May 1, 1892.
Selected works
* ''At Home and Abroad: Or, How to Behave'', 1853
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* ''Pleasure and Profit, Or, Lessons on the Lord's Prayer: In a Series of Stories'', 1853
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* ''Aspiration: An Autobiography of Girlhood'', 1856
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* ''Sedgemoor, or Home Lessons'', 1857
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* ''Hester and I; Or, Beware of Worldliness, Etc. (With Plates.)'', 1860
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* ''Springs of Adion'', 1863
* ''Cousin Alice: A Memoir of Alice B. Haven'', 1865
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References
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1822 births
1892 deaths
19th-century American writers
19th-century American women writers
19th-century pseudonymous writers
19th-century American biographers
Writers from New York (state)
People from Hudson, New York
Pseudonymous women writers
American women biographers