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Catherine A. (Catherine Ann) Warfield
1816–1877
A 19th-century Southern writer of poetry and fiction, she is best remembered for Gothic-tinged novels and for writing alongside her sister Eleanor Percy Lee. Born in Natchez, Mississippi, she later lived in Kentucky and became one of the early published authors in the Percy family.
2 Audiobooks
Sea and Shore A Sequel to "Miriam's Memoirs"
by Catherine A. (Catherine Ann) Warfield
Miriam Monfort A Novel
by Catherine A. (Catherine Ann) Warfield
About the author
Born in Natchez, Mississippi, in 1816, Catherine Anne Warfield wrote poetry and fiction that helped make her one of the notable women writers of the antebellum and post–Civil War South. She was part of the Percy family literary line, and she and her sister Eleanor Percy Lee were the first published authors in that family.
Warfield first gained attention through poems written with her sister, including The Wife of Leon, and Other Poems (1843). She later turned to fiction and became especially known for The Household of Bouverie (1860), a popular novel published anonymously, and for other works that blended domestic storytelling with mystery and Gothic atmosphere.
After marrying Robert E. Warfield, she spent much of her adult life in Kentucky. Her work reflects the emotional intensity and regional identity of her era, and she remains of interest today both as a Southern novelist and as an early woman writer whose books reached a wide readership.