Harriet Corp

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HC was an obscure early nineteenth-century writer of religious and didactic fiction (both novels and short stories) with striking talent and intelligence, as well as a strong interest in the spiritual and material condition of the poor. Though earnest, she is also full of humour and common sense. Her most striking works were produced by a desire to answer the writings of others. She is a notable example of a writer who missed out on financial profit although her works achieved popularity.
  • BirthName: Harriet
    Many sources give her name wrongly as Hannah.
    Corp
  • Pseudonyms: The Author of the Antidote; The Author of Cottage Sketches; The Author of Interesting Conversations

Milestones

By November 1805

As formerly speculated but only recently demonstrated, HC 's first publication, under the name a Lady, was Interesting Conversations on Moral and Religious Subjects, Interspersed with Narrative.
Londry, Michael. The Lisle Bamford McEachern Collection.

By July 1807

HC published her anonymous religious novel An Antidote to the Miseries of Human Life, which proved an enduring success.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
3d ser. 11 (1807): 335

After 1849

If HC was still alive when her last known title was published, then she died some time in or after this year, having lived at least eighteen years in poverty.
Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true.

Biography

Background

The date and place of HC 's birth are not known. She might plausibly be the Harriah Corp baptised at an Independent church at Chelwood in Somerset on 23 December 1767.
“FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service”. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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