Charlotte Riddell
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Standard Name: Riddell, Charlotte
Birth Name: Charlotte Elizabeth Lawson Cowan
Pseudonym: Rainey Hawthorne
Pseudonym: R. V. M. Sparling
Pseudonym: F. G. Trafford
Married Name: Charlotte Elizabeth Lawson Riddell
Married Name: Mrs J. H. Riddell
Indexed Name: Charlotte Elizabeth L. Riddell
London life, and in choosing lyrical country settings from the immediate area of London, both to the north-east and the south-west.
was a prolific professional novelist and story writer during the latter half of the nineteenth century. She published forty novels, plus tales (in journals, annuals, and her own collections), two travel books, and essays in periodicals. She was best-known in her own day for her domestic novels, sensation novels, and local and mystery novels. She has become more prominent in recent times for her highly-regarded ghost stories. She is unusual both in her depictions of the male-only business and financial aspects of Timeline
Texts
Riddell, Charlotte. A Life’s Assize. Tinsley Brothers, 1871, 3 vols.
Riddell, Charlotte. A Mad Tour. R. Bentley, 1891.
Riddell, Charlotte. A Struggle for Fame. R. Bentley and Son, 1883, 3 vols.
Riddell, Charlotte. Austin Friars. Tinsley Brothers, 1870, 3 vols.
Riddell, Charlotte. Berna Boyle. R. Bentley and Son, 1884, 3 vols.
Riddell, Charlotte et al. “Fairy Water: A Christmas Story”. Routledge’s Christmas Annual, Routledge, 1873.
Riddell, Charlotte. Far above Rubies. Tinsley Brothers, 1867, 3 vols.
Riddell, Charlotte. For Dick’s Sake. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1886.
Riddell, Charlotte. Frank Sinclair’s Wife, and Other Stories. Tinsley Brothers, 1874, 3 vols.
Riddell, Charlotte. George Geith of Fen Court. Tinsley Brothers, 1864, 3 vols.
Riddell, Charlotte. Handsome Phil, and Other Stories. F. V. White, 1899.
Riddell, Charlotte. Idle Tales. Ward and Downey, 1888.
Riddell, Charlotte. Maxwell Drewitt. Tinsley Brothers, 1865, 3 vols.
Riddell, Charlotte. Mortomley’s Estate. Tinsley Brothers, 1874, 3 vols.
Riddell, Charlotte. The Banshee’s Warning, and Other Tales. Remington, 1894.
Riddell, Charlotte. “The Disappearance of Mr. Jeremiah Redworth”. Routledge’s Christmas Annual, G. Routledge, 1878.
Riddell, Charlotte. The Footfall of Fate. F. V. White, 1900.
Riddell, Charlotte. “The Haunted River: A Christmas Story”. Routledge’s Christmas Annual, Routledge, 1878.
Riddell, Charlotte. The Head of the Firm. Heinemann, 1892, 3 vols.
Riddell, Charlotte. The Moors and the Fens. Smith, Elder, 1857, 3 vols.
Riddell, Charlotte. The Mystery in Palace Gardens. R. Bentley, 1880, 3 vols.
Riddell, Charlotte. The Nun’s Curse. Ward and Downey, 1888, 3 vols.
Riddell, Charlotte. The Race for Wealth. Tinsley Brothers, 1866, 3 vols.
Riddell, Charlotte. The Rich Husband. Charles Skeet, 1858, 3 vols.
Riddell, Charlotte. The Ruling Passion. R. Bentley, 1857, 3 vols.