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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: Marianne Kent

Author: Marianne Kent (1856–1942)

Biography: Marianne Kent was born on 4 March 1856, the daughter of journalist Charles Kent and novelist Anne Young. She wrote the single novel Philip Mordant's Ward (1888) and contributed stories to periodicals. She lived a long life, dying in 1942 in Sussex.

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References: British Census (1881, 1891, 1901, 1911); DNB (Charles Kent)

Fiction Titles:

  1. Philip Mordant's Ward.  1 vol.  London: Frederick Warne, 1888.