author
Mrs. Henry Wayland Chetwynd
d. 1901
A Scottish novelist, singer, and songwriter who published under her married name, she wrote popular Victorian fiction shaped by sharp social observation and a lively sense of character. Her books include Three Hundred a Year and A Brilliant Woman.
3 Audiobooks
Mrs. Dorriman: A Novel. Volume 2 of 3
by Mrs. Henry Wayland Chetwynd
Mrs. Dorriman: A Novel. Volume 3 of 3
by Mrs. Henry Wayland Chetwynd
Mrs. Dorriman: A Novel. Volume 1 of 3
by Mrs. Henry Wayland Chetwynd
About the author
Born Julia Bosville Davidson in Scotland, she is also found in catalogs and reference works as Julie or Julia Bosville Chetwynd, and she published under forms of the name Mrs. Henry Chetwynd or Mrs. Henry Wayland Chetwynd. Reference sources describe her as a Scottish novelist, singer, and songwriter, and place her life from about 1828 to 1901.
She came from a well-connected Highland family and was later known as the Hon. Mrs. Henry Chetwynd after her marriage. Her fiction appeared in the great age of the Victorian three-volume novel, with works such as Three Hundred a Year, Mrs. Dorriman, and A Brilliant Woman.
Though not widely remembered today, she left behind a substantial body of nineteenth-century popular fiction. Readers who enjoy Victorian novels about family life, social pressure, and personal feeling may find her work a rewarding rediscovery.