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Sophia Reeve
An early 19th-century British novelist and poet, she is best remembered for Gothic-leaning fiction such as The Mysterious Wanderer. Her life moved through several marriages and name changes, but her surviving work still carries the atmosphere and drama of the period.
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The Mysterious Wanderer; Vol. II
by Sophia Reeve
The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. I
by Sophia Reeve
The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. III A Novel in Three Volumes
by Sophia Reeve
About the author
Sophia Reeve was a British writer active in the early 1800s. A reliable bibliographic source identifies her as Susan Bonhote, later known through marriage as Jeaffreson, Reeve, and finally Glover, and gives her dates as 1777–1847. She was born in Bungay, Norfolk, the daughter of Daniel Bonhote and Elizabeth Mapes Bonhote, who was herself a poet and novelist.
Her best-known novel was The Mysterious Wanderer (1807), followed later by Stanmore (1824) and Cuthbert (1828). The same source also credits her with several lighter and juvenile works, including Holiday Annals, Christmas Trifles, and The Fairies' Fancy Ball. Project Gutenberg currently lists the three volumes of The Mysterious Wanderer, which has helped keep that novel accessible to modern readers.
Details about her personal life survive more clearly than any author portrait: she married Lieutenant Samuel Jeaffreson in 1802, Dr. Richard Reeve in 1807, and the Rev. George Glover in 1837. I couldn't confirm a reliable portrait image for her from the sources I found, so no profile image is included here.