Caroline Elizabeth Okeden (1821 – 12 October 1903) was a British novelist who published under the name Mrs. Fitzmaurice Okeden.
Caroline Okeden | |
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| Born | 1821  Bath |
| Died | 12 October 1903 (aged 81–82) |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Spouse(s) | George Fitzmaurice Parry Okeden |
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Caroline Okeden was born on 1821 in Bath. She was the daughter of British Army Major Charles Rhys and Harriet Horton, granddaughter of Sir Watts Horton, 2nd Baronet. In 1846, she married George Fitzmaurice Parry Okeden, a civil engineer and nephew of Arthur Capell, 6th Earl of Essex.[1] They had two children, George Algernon Parry Okeden, who disappeared in South Africa, and Grace Harriet Parry-Okeden King.[2]
Okeden published two novels, Felicia's Dowry (1866) and Philip Vaughan's Marriage (1869). In Felicia's Dowry, Adele and Kate resolve to write a novel, with the latter declaring "Besides, all women write novels now, whether they can or they can't."[3] In its particularly negative review, The Athenaeum wrote that this sentence should be put on the title page as a "warning".[4]
Caroline Okeden died on 12 October 1903.[5]
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edit- ^ a b c "Author: Caroline Elizabeth Okeden". At the Circulating Library: A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
- ^ "A SEQUEL TO 'THE CAPEL LETTERS': David Okeden Parry Okeden and the Hon. Harriet Jane Capel otherwise Areline and the Magician" (PDF). Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society / The Journal of Historic Buildings & Places. 29. 1985.
- ^ Pool, Daniel (1997). Dickens' fur coat and Charlotte's unanswered letters : the rows and rivalries of England's great Victorian novelists. Internet Archive. New York : HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 978-0-06-018365-3.
- ^ "The Athenaeum 1866 v.2". HathiTrust. hdl:2027/chi.79233293. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
- ^ "Deaths". The Times. 15 October 1903. p. 1.