F. Mabel Robinson

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FMR published six novels during the 1880s and 1890s that are daring both in subject-matter and handling, broaching such topics as women's status, seduction, and illegitimacy. She also produced a political history of Ireland and translations from French. In 1890 she was regarded as one of the leading authors of the day,
Bainton, George, editor. The Art of Authorship. J. Clarke, 1890.
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but her reputation has worn less well than that of her sister.
  • BirthName: Frances Mabel Robinson
    Both sisters bore their mother's name, Frances, but they were known respectively as Mary and Mabel.

  • Pseudonym: William Stephenson Gregg

Milestones

16 June 1858

FMR was born at Milverton near Leamington in Warwickshire, the younger of two daughters.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

1885

FMR published the first of her six novels, Mr. Butler's Ward.
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1888

FMR published another novel, entitled The Plan of Campaign, A Story of the Fortune of War.
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1895

FMR 's final novel, Chimæra, relates the life of Joseph Treganna (illegitimate son of a woman who was respectable until her seduction by a baronet).
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1956

FMR died in Paris only a couple of years short of her one hundredth birthday, having outlived her sister by twelve years.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

Biography

Birth and Family

16 June 1858

FMR was born at Milverton near Leamington in Warwickshire, the younger of two daughters.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

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