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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: Emma Newton

Author: Emma Newton (1822–1899)

Biography: Emma Newton was born in 1822 in Liverpool, the daughter of Wesleyan minister Robert Newton (1780–1854) and Elizabeth Nodes (died 1865). Her elder sister was novelist Elizabeth Paulet. The family moved frequently during her childhood. Perhaps motivated by her sister Julia's conversion to Roman Catholicism, Newton wrote two anti-Tractarian novels, Difficulties of a Young Clergyman in Times of Division (1844) and The Modern Unbeliever (1847). She never married and lived the majority of her life with her brother the Rev. Francis John Newton, rector of Shelley, Essex. When he died in 1884, Newton moved to Saltburn-by-the-Sea to live with another sister. She died there on 20 January 1899.

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References: British Census (1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891); DNB (Robert Newton); Probate

Fiction Titles:

  1. Difficulties of a Young Clergyman in Times of Division.  1 vol.  London: Seeley, 1844.
  2. The Modern Unbeliever.  1 vol.  London: Simpkin, 1847.