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Augusta de Grasse Stevens
1852–1894
A 19th-century American novelist and art critic, she spent much of her writing life in London and brought a transatlantic perspective to historical fiction and journalism. Her work ranges from novels to art writing, with a special interest in European history and culture.
3 Audiobooks
Miss Hildreth: A Novel, Volume 2
by Augusta de Grasse Stevens
Miss Hildreth: A Novel, Volume 1
by Augusta de Grasse Stevens
Miss Hildreth: A Novel, Volume 3
by Augusta de Grasse Stevens
About the author
Born in Albany, New York, in 1852, Augusta de Grasse Stevens later moved to London with her mother after the deaths of her father and stepfather. In England she built a literary career as both a novelist and an art critic, writing for newspapers and magazines while developing a strong interest in history, art, and European society.
Stevens is best remembered for historical fiction, including The Lost Dauphin, and for contributing criticism and essays from London. She also wrote for younger readers and periodicals, showing the range that many 19th-century women writers needed to sustain a working career.
She died in London on October 10, 1894, still relatively young, but her writing remains part of the wider world of late-Victorian popular literature. For listeners who enjoy rediscovered authors, her work offers a mix of storytelling, research, and the lively international outlook of an American writer abroad.