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Georgiana Fullerton
1812–1885
An English novelist and philanthropist from a prominent political family, she became one of the best-known Roman Catholic novelists in nineteenth-century England. Her life joined society, faith, and practical charity, giving her fiction and biographical writing unusual warmth and conviction.
3 Audiobooks
Ellen Middleton—A Tale
by Georgiana Fullerton
Constance Sherwood: An Autobiography of the Sixteenth Century
by Georgiana Fullerton
The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others
by Georgiana Fullerton
About the author
Born on September 23, 1812, at Tixall Hall in Staffordshire, she was the youngest daughter of Granville Leveson-Gower, later the 1st Earl Granville. In 1833 she married Alexander George Fullerton, and the couple spent time in diplomatic and social circles in Paris before traveling on the Continent.
She built her literary reputation through novels, biographies, and religious writing, and is often remembered as one of the leading Roman Catholic novelists of her century. Her work was shaped by a deep religious commitment as well as close observation of family life, suffering, and moral choice.
Beyond writing, she was known for philanthropy and for helping found schools and charitable works. She died at Bournemouth on January 19, 1885, leaving behind a career that linked popular fiction with serious spiritual and social purpose.