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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: Countess of Blessington

Author: Countess of Blessington (1789–1849)

Alternate Name(s): Marguerite Power (maiden name); Farmer (married name); Gardiner (married name)

Biography: Author. Aunt of novelist Margaret Power. See entry in DNB, Loeber. or Sutherland.

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References: DNB; Loeber; NCBEL; Sutherland

Fiction Titles:

  1. The Repealers.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1833.
  2. The Two Friends: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley, 1835.
  3. The Confessions of an Elderly Gentleman.  1 vol.  London: Longman, 1836.
  4. The Victims of Society.  3 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley, 1837.
  5. The Confessions of an Elderly Lady.  1 vol.  London: Longman, 1838.
  6. The Governess.  2 vol.  London: Longman, 1839.
  7. The Lottery of Life.  3 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1842.
  8. Meredith.  3 vol.  London: Longman, 1843.
  9. Strathern: or, Life at Home and Abroad. A Story of the Present Day.  4 vol.  London: Henry Colburn, 1845.
  10. The Memoirs of a Femme de Chambre.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1846.
  11. Marmaduke Herbert: or, The Fatal Error.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1847.
  12. Country Quarters.  3 vol.  London: Shoberl, 1850.