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'''Catherine Anne Hubback''' (1818 – 25 February 1877) was an |
'''Catherine Anne Hubback''' (1818 – 25 February 1877) was an English [[English novel|novelist]], and the eighth child and fourth daughter of Sir [[Francis Austen]] (1774-1865), and niece of [[Jane Austen]]. |
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She began writing fiction to support herself and her three sons after her husband John Hubback was institutionalized with a breakdown. She had copies of some of her aunt's unfinished works and, in 1850, remembering Austen's proposed plot, she wrote ''The Younger Sister'', a completion of Jane Austen's ''[[The Watsons]]''. In the next thirteen years, she completed nine more novels. |
She began writing fiction to support herself and her three sons after her husband John Hubback was institutionalized with a breakdown. She had copies of some of her aunt's unfinished works and, in 1850, remembering Austen's proposed plot, she wrote ''The Younger Sister'', a completion of Jane Austen's ''[[The Watsons]]''. In the next thirteen years, she completed nine more novels. |
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She emigrated to California, |
She emigrated to California, United States in 1870. In the autumn of 1876 she removed to [[Gainesville, VA|Gainesville, Prince William Co, VA]], where she died in 1877. Her novels, which enjoyed some popularity in their time, are no longer well-known. Her most important contribution is to literary history where she, and later family, perpetuated Austen family history. |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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Revision as of 17:26, 6 September 2016
Catherine Anne Hubback | |
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| Born | 1818 England |
| Died | 25 February 1877 Gainesville, Prince William County, Virginia |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Notable works | The Watsons – A completion |
Catherine Anne Hubback (1818 – 25 February 1877) was an English novelist, and the eighth child and fourth daughter of Sir Francis Austen (1774-1865), and niece of Jane Austen.
She began writing fiction to support herself and her three sons after her husband John Hubback was institutionalized with a breakdown. She had copies of some of her aunt's unfinished works and, in 1850, remembering Austen's proposed plot, she wrote The Younger Sister, a completion of Jane Austen's The Watsons. In the next thirteen years, she completed nine more novels.
She emigrated to California, United States in 1870. In the autumn of 1876 she removed to Gainesville, Prince William Co, VA, where she died in 1877. Her novels, which enjoyed some popularity in their time, are no longer well-known. Her most important contribution is to literary history where she, and later family, perpetuated Austen family history.
External links
- The Victorian Web-Works and Literary Significance
- Catherine Hubback: Jane Austen’s Literary Niece
- The Victorian Web-Biography
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