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Annette Marie Maillard
A prolific Victorian novelist, this nineteenth-century writer published popular fiction filled with marriage plots, social pressures, and emotional tests. Her life stretched between England and an American-connected family, adding another layer of interest to her story.
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Miles Tremenhere: A Novel. Vol. 2 of 2
by Annette Marie Maillard
Miles Tremenhere: A Novel. Vol. 1 of 2
by Annette Marie Maillard
About the author
Born around 1812 in Southampton, Annette Marie Maillard was the youngest daughter of Colonel Radcliffe of Everton. In 1832 she married Nicholas Doran Proby Maillard, an American newspaper proprietor, and later became known for a long run of Victorian novels.
Her books include The Compulsory Marriage, and Its Consequences (1851), Miles Tremenhere (1851), Matrimonial Shipwrecks; or, Mere Human Nature (1853), Gil Talbot; or, Woman's Manoeuvres and Man's Tactics (1854), and Loving and Being Loved (1857). Her fiction often turns on love, reputation, and the strain between personal feeling and social expectation.
Reference works list her death in 1890. Although she is not widely known today, her novels remain of interest to readers who enjoy Victorian popular fiction, especially stories centered on courtship, family tension, and the moral complications of everyday life.