![]() ![]() Her father James Cowan served as the county's high sheriff, and Riddell grew up in quite comfortable circumstances, receiving a suitable education and reportedly writing a full novel by the age of 15. Known in Victorian England as the "Novelist of the City" for her books about the financial and business worlds, and best known to modern readers as an exemplar of the Victorian-era ghost story, Charlotte Riddell was born Charlotte Cowan in a small town in County Antrim, Ireland, in 1832. Zuriel's Grandchild (1856) The Ruling Passion (1857) The Moors and the Fens (1858) City and Suburb (1861) George Geith of Fen Court (1864) Home, Sweet Home (1873) Above Suspicion (1876) Weird Stories (1882) Berna Boyle (1882) A Struggle for Fame (1883) Mitre Court (1885) Miss Gascoyne (1887) The Nun's Curse (1888) Idle Tales (1888) The Head of the Firm (1892) The Banshee's Warning (1894). Born Charlotte Eliza Cowan in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Ireland, on Septemdied in London, England, on Septemdaughter of James Cowan (a high sheriff) and Ellen (Kilshaw) Cowan married Joseph Hadley Riddell, in 1857 (died 1880) no children. Irish-born British novelist and short-story writer. ![]()
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