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Mrs. Newton Crosland
1812–1895
A prolific Victorian writer who published as Mrs. Newton Crosland, she worked across poetry, fiction, essays, sketches, and translation. Her life and writing reflect both literary ambition and the practical struggle of making a career from the pen in 19th-century London.
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The Young Lord, and Other Tales; to which is added Victorine Durocher
by Mrs. Newton Crosland, Mary Martha Sherwood
About the author
Camilla Dufour Crosland, born Camilla Dufour Toulmin in London in 1812, wrote under the name Mrs. Newton Crosland. She built a varied career as an English author of fiction, poetry, essays, and sketches, and she also translated work by Victor Hugo.
After her father died when she was young, her family faced financial hardship. Sources describe her as largely self-educated, and she supported herself in different ways before establishing a literary career. She contributed to periodicals, worked in editorial roles, and published steadily over many years.
Her books included novels, poems, biographical writing, and later the memoir Landmarks of a Literary Life. She is a good example of a hardworking Victorian woman writer whose range was wider than modern readers might expect, moving easily between imaginative writing, journalism, and literary reminiscence.