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Arabella Jane Sullivan
d. 1839
A British writer of the early 19th century, she is remembered for fiction that moves between society life and the lives of ordinary people. Her surviving work offers a lively glimpse of class, manners, and feeling in the period.
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Tales of the peerage and the peasantry
by Arabella Jane Sullivan
Recollections of a chaperon
by Arabella Jane Sullivan
About the author
Born Arabella Jane Wilmot on May 1, 1796, she was the daughter of Barbarina Wilmot, later Lady Dacre, and Valentine Henry Wilmot. She later married the Reverend Frederick Sullivan and published as Arabella Sullivan.
She is chiefly known for Recollections of a Chaperon and Tales of the Peerage and the Peasantry, works that place fashionable society alongside wider social life. Her writing is often noted for its interest in manners, relationships, and the contrasts between rank and everyday experience.
She died on January 27, 1839. Although not among the best-known novelists of her era today, her books have remained accessible through major public-domain collections, helping preserve her place among 19th-century British women writers.