Elizabeth Hervey
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was the author of six novels published between 1788 and 1814, besides one more, extant in a carefully-bound manuscript, which never reached print. They have something in them of sentiment and something of satire; one has links with the Irish nationalist movement. Her reputation has been overshadowed by her half-brother
's two spoofs on the popular novel, which are far less directly connected with her writing than has been supposed.
- BirthName: Elizabeth Marsh
- Married: Harvie; Hervey
- Pseudonym: The Author of Melissa and MarciaTwo contemporaries of this Elizabeth Hervey (relations of her second husband) bore the same name. Life and Memoirs of Elizabeth Chudleigh (reproduced in facsimile in 's Chawton House Library Series, 2009)., was born Elizabeth Hervey (her father being Thomas Hervey's uncle). , later the bigamous Duchess of Kingston, is sometimes called Elizabeth Hervey from her first husband, another uncle. Chudleigh's name is given as Hervey in connection with the