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Mrs. Alexander
1825–1902
A popular Irish-born Victorian novelist, she wrote as “Mrs. Alexander” and built a wide readership with stories full of family tensions, money worries, and sharp social observation. Her fiction was prolific, readable, and deeply rooted in the emotional stakes of everyday life.
7 Audiobooks
A Crooked Path: A Novel
by Mrs. Alexander
Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign: A Book of Appreciations
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant, Mrs. Alexander, E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton, Edna Lyall, Katharine S. (Katharine Sarah) Macquoid, Emma Marshall, Louisa Parr, Adeline Sergeant, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Ralph Wilton's weird
by Mrs. Alexander
Kate Vernon: A Tale. Vol. 3 (of 3)
by Mrs. Alexander
Kate Vernon: A Tale. Vol. 1 (of 3)
by Mrs. Alexander
At Bay
by Mrs. Alexander
Kate Vernon: A Tale. Vol. 2 (of 3)
by Mrs. Alexander
About the author
Born Annie French in Dublin on June 23, 1825, she later became known to readers by the pen name Mrs. Alexander. After marrying Alexander Hector in 1858, she lived in Liverpool and then London, and developed a long career as a successful novelist.
She had begun writing early, first contributing to magazines before publishing novels that found a broad audience in the late 19th century. Her books often circle around inheritance, marriage, money, and the pressures of respectability, giving domestic and social drama a lively, accessible energy.
Mrs. Alexander remained a prolific and popular author for decades. She died in London on July 10, 1902, but her work still offers a clear window into Victorian tastes and the pleasures of the bustling three-volume novel.