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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: Mary A. Poole

Author: Mary A. Poole (1838–1881)

Alternate Name(s): Mrs. George S. Poole (familiar name); Grieve (maiden name)

Biography: Mary Anne Poole was born on 1 November 1838 in London, the daughter of David Grieve and his wife Sarah. Around 1862, she married clerk George S. Poole and the couple had several children. In 1871, she was living in London with her husband and her three children. She died in February 1881 in Pimlico.

References: British Census (1871)

Fiction Titles:

  1. St. Aubyn's Vow: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: C. J. Skeet, 1873.