Author: Anne Jervoise
Author: Anne Jervoise (1830–1896)
Alternate Name(s): Brudie Brudie (pseudonym); Chalk (maiden name); Deck (1st married name); Mrs. Arthur Tristram Jervoise (familiar name)
Biography: Anne Jervoise was born on 18 February 1830 in Bow, the daughter of bill broker John Alfred Chalk. In 1854, she married clergyman Alfred Deck. After his death, she married Arthur Tristram Ellis Jervoise in 1876. She wrote two novels: the first was published under the pseudonym "Brudie Brudie" and the second under her married name. She died on 3 March 1896 in Wellington, Somerset.
References: British Census (1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891); West Somerset Free Press (7 March 1896)
Fiction Titles:
- Holding Fast and Letting Go: A Novel. 2 vol. Cambridge: J. Hall and Sons, 1874.
- The Roll Call: A Novel. 3 vol. London: Remington, 1884.