author
Beatrice Harraden
1864–1936
Best known for the wildly popular novel Ships That Pass in the Night, this British writer brought romance, wit, and a strong independent streak to late Victorian fiction. She also put her energy behind the campaign for women’s suffrage, linking her literary career with public activism.
6 Audiobooks
Yksillä juurilla
by Beatrice Harraden
Hilda Strafford: A California Story
by Beatrice Harraden
Ships that pass in the night
by Beatrice Harraden
A Bird of Passage, and Other Stories
by Beatrice Harraden
Laivoja yössä
by Beatrice Harraden
Katharine Frensham: A Novel
by Beatrice Harraden
About the author
Born in Hampstead, London, on January 24, 1864, Beatrice Harraden was educated in Dresden and at several London institutions, earning a BA from the University of London. She went on to build a literary career as a novelist and playwright, and she became widely known after the success of Ships That Pass in the Night in 1893.
Her fiction often centered on capable, thoughtful women and the pressures placed on them by society. Alongside her writing, she was active in the women’s suffrage movement, associated with the Women Writers’ Suffrage League and remembered as a founding member of the Women’s Social and Political Union.
Harraden died on May 5, 1936. Today she is remembered not only for a bestselling novel that reached a huge audience, but also for the way her career joined popular storytelling with a clear commitment to women’s rights.