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
Minerva Press was a publishing house, noted for creating a lucrative market in sentimental and Gothic fiction in the late 18th century and early 19th century. It was established by William Lane (c. 1745–1814) at No 33 Leadenhall Street, Lon ...
. She published seven novels. The first, ''The English Nun'' (1797), was written in imitation of
Diderot's ''
La Religieuse'' (1792).
Bibliography
* ''The English Nun: a Novel'' (London, 1797)
*''The Count de Santerre'' (1797)
*''Lindor; or Early Engagements'' (1798)
*''Serena'' (1800)
*''The Sailors'' (1800)
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* ''German Letters'' (Translator, Cork, 1804)
*''Villa Nova: or, The Ruined Castle'' (1805)
*''Villasantelle, or The Curious Impertinent'' (1817)][Full text available from ]Chawton House
Chawton House is a Grade II* listed Elizabethan manor house in Hampshire. It is run as a historic property and also houses the research library of The Centre for the Study of Early Women's Writing, 1600–1830, using the building's connectio ...
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Writers of Gothic fiction
Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown
19th-century British women writers
19th-century British novelists
British women novelists
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