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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: Cecilia Anne Jones

Author: Cecilia Anne Jones (1832–1891)

Biography: Cecilia Anne Jones was born 1832 in St. Helier, Jersey, the daughter of surgeon George Matthew Jones and his wife Jane Mary (née Rogers). She never married and began writing fiction in her twenties. Sometime after 1861, she left her native Jersey for England, living in London then Saltash. She died on 19 March 1891 in Bow near Exeter after a fall from a train. The inquest found that she suffered a seizure and either fell or jumped from the moving train.

References: British Census (1841, 1851, 1861); Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough (21 March 1891); Morning Post (28 March 1891); Saffron Walden Weekly News (27 March 1891)

Fiction Titles:

  1. The Snowdrop: An Old Woman's Story.  1 vol.  London: Joseph Masters, 1860.
  2. Stories for Christmas-Tide.  1 vol.  London: Joseph Masters, 1861.
  3. The Sunbeam: or, The Misused Gift.  1 vol.  London: Joseph Masters, 1861.
  4. Gertrude Dacre.  1 vol.  London: Joseph Masters, 1862.
  5. Three Tales for an Idle Hour.  1 vol.  London: John W. Parker, 1867.
  6. The Story of Hermione.  1 vol.  London: John Hodges, 1868.
  7. A Little Life in a Great City.  1 vol.  London: J. T. Hayes, 1873.
  8. What the Chimes Said.  1 vol.  London: J. T. Hayes, 1873.
  9. Tales on the Parables.  1 vol.  London: J. T. Hayes, 1874.
  10. Found after Many Days: A Story of the London Mission of 1874.  1 vol.  London: A. R. Mowbray, 1875.
  11. Not Quite a Heroine.  1 vol.  London: Joseph Masters, 1876.
  12. Poor Milly: A Tale of London Life.  1 vol.  London: J. T. Hayes, 1876.
  13. The Foreign Freaks of Five Friends.  1 vol.  London: Kegan Paul, 1882.
  14. Count up the Sunny Days: A Story for Boys and Girls.  1 vol.  London: Wells, Gardner, Darton, 1882.
  15. Only a Girl: A Tale of Brittany.  1 vol.  London: Wells, Gardner, Darton, 1883.
  16. Four Little Sixes: A Story for Boys and Girls.  1 vol.  London: Wells, Gardner, Darton, 1883.
  17. A New Dame Trot: A Story for Boys and Girls.  1 vol.  London: Virtue, 1885.
  18. Little Captain Dick.  1 vol.  London: Joseph Masters, 1885.
  19. Old Crumpet, the Shoemaker: A Tale of Two Missions.  1 vol.  London: Joseph Masters, 1885.
  20. Little Jeanneton's Work: A Chronicle of Breton Life.  1 vol.  London: Wells, Gardner, Darton, 1886.