author
Nina H. Kennard
1844–1926
A Victorian biographer with a strong interest in remarkable literary and theatrical lives, she wrote lively studies of figures such as Sarah Siddons, Rachel, and Lafcadio Hearn. Her work offers a glimpse into the tastes and reading culture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Mrs. Siddons
by Nina H. Kennard
Lafcadio Hearn
by Nina H. Kennard
About the author
Annie "Nina" Homan-Mulock Kennard was a British author born in 1844 and better known in print as Nina H. Kennard. She married Arthur Challis Kennard in 1866 and published both fiction and biography.
She is best remembered for writing about notable cultural figures. Among her known works are Mrs. Siddons, a life of the celebrated actress Sarah Siddons; Rachel, on the French actress Elisa Rachel Félix; and Lafcadio Hearn, a biography of the writer and journalist whose life and letters continued to interest readers well into the 20th century.
Kennard died in 1926. Although she is not widely read today, several of her books remain accessible through major public-domain libraries, which has helped preserve her place as a capable and curious literary biographer of her era.