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Author: Harriot Anne Forde

Author: Harriot Anne Forde (1834–1896)

Alternate Name(s): H. A. Ford (alternate name)

Biography: Harriot Anne Forde was born in 1834 in Lawton, Cheshire, the eldest daughter of clergyman Frederick Forde and his wife Anne. She never married and wrote a handful of novels. She died on 12 August 1896 in Sydenham.

References: British Census (1851, 1881); Streatham News (15 August 1896)

Fiction Titles:

1. The Long Holidays: or, Learning without Lessons.  1 vol.  London: James Hogg, 1861.
2. The Childhood of Ada Grey: A Book for Little Girls.  1 vol.  London: John Morgan, 1862.
3. My New Suit, and other Tales.  1 vol.  London: William Wells Gardner, 1870.
4. The Old Ship: or, Better Than Strength.  1 vol.  London: William Wells Gardner, 1879.