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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: Frances Briscoe

Author: Frances Briscoe (1816–1882)

Alternate Name(s): Mrs. Briscoe (familiar name)

Biography: A tentative identification. In the 1871 census, Frances Briscoe, age 55, born in Ireland, is living in Richmond-upon-Thames. She lists her occupation as "authoress in polite lit[erature]." Though listed as unmarried, this may or not be an error. Briscoe's second novel is set in southern Ireland. Otherwise, this author cannot be traced. She may be the Fanny Briscoe who died age 65 on 12 December 1882 in Dublin.

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References: British Census (1871); Probate

Fiction Titles:

  1. The Young Bride: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1857.
  2. A Woman's Life.  2 vol.  London: Saunders and Otley, 1862.