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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: Bessie Hatton

Author: Bessie Hatton (1867–1964)

Alternate Name(s): Bessie Lyle Hatton (legal name)

Biography: Bessie Lyle Hatton was born in 1867 in Droitwich, the daughter of novelist Joseph Hatton. She briefly worked on stage before following the family business of literary work. She never married and died on 25 March 1964 in Wallingford.

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References: British Census (1871, 1901, 1911); Probate

Fiction Titles:

  1. Enid Lyle: A Novel.  2 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1894.
  2. The Master Passion: A Novel.  1 vol.  London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1901.
  3. Pilgrims of Love, etc.  1 vol.  London: Anthony Treherne, 1902.