Jane Margaret Hooper
Appearance
Jane Margaret Hooper | |
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Born | 1818 ![]() London ![]() |
Died | June 1907 ![]() Fulham ![]() |
Spouse(s) | George Hooper ![]() |
Children | Wynnard Hooper ![]() |
Jane Margaret Hooper (1818 – June 1907) was a British writer, best known for her gothic novel The House of Raby (1854).
Jane Margaret Winnard was born in 1818 in London, daughter of John Winnard, an oilman, and Jane Winnard. In June 1852, she married journalist George Hooper.[1] Their children Wynnard Hooper and Margaret Hooper were close friends with Rudyard Kipling.[2]
In her novel The House of Raby, two lovers cannot marry due to fears of hereditary insanity.[3] Hooper also published the ghost story " Bring Me a Light!" in the magazine Once a Week in 1961. [4]
Jane Margaret Hooper died on June 1907 in Fulham.[5]
Bibliography
[edit]- Recollections of Mrs. Anderson's School: A Book for Girls. 1 vol. London: Arthur Hall, 1851.[1]
- Arbell: A Tale for Young People. 1 vol. London: Routledge, 1853.[1]
- The House of Raby: or, Our Lady of Darkness. 3 vol. London: Chapman and Hall, 1854.[1]
- Little Maggie and her Brother: A Sketch for Children. 1 vol. London: Bell and Daldy, 1861.[1]
- Fanny and Arthur: or, Pervevere and Prosper. A Tale of Interest. 1 vol. London: Dean and Son, 1862.[1]
- A Young Man's Love: A Tale. 3 vol. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1873.[1]
- Prince Pertinax: A Fairy Tale. 1 vol. London: Field and Tuer, 1883.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h "Author: Jane Margaret Hooper". www.victorianresearch.org. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
- ^ Pierce, Heidi (September 2011). "THE ELUSIVE 'MRS HOOPER': KIPLING, HOOPER, AND THE LADIES OF WARWICK GARDENS" (PDF). The Kipling Journal. 85 (343): 52–58.
- ^ onaries; ra Bruce (1983). Victorian novelists before 1885. Internet Archive. Gale. ISBN 978-0-8103-1701-7.
- ^ Moore, Tara, editor. The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories. Valancourt Books, 2016.
- ^ Congress, The Library of. "Winnard, Jane M. - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies | Library of Congress, from LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
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