Anne Thackeray Ritchie
Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie (born July 9, 1837 in London , † February 26, 1919 in Freshwater , Isle of Wight ) was an English writer .
Life
Anne Isabella, also known as Anny, was the eldest daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray and Isabella Shawe from Ireland. She spent her childhood in France, where she was raised by her very religious grandmother after the death of her mother in 1840. At the age of two and a half, her father spoke of her impressive imagination.
In 1863 she successfully published The Story of Elizabeth.
It followed:
- To Esther, and other sketches (1869)
- The village on the cliff
- Old Kensington
- Tailors and spinsters, and other essays
- Bluebeard's keys, and other stories
- Five old friends and a young prince
In other writings, she uses old folk tales in a peculiar way to describe contemporary conditions and events, including Sleeping Beauty , Cinderella , Little Red Riding Hood and Bluebeard .
She also published the novels:
- Miss Angel (1875)
- Miss Williamson's divagations (1881)
- Mrs. Dymond (1885)
- A book of sibyls: Mrs. Barbauld, Mrs. Opie, Miss EdgeWorth, Miss Austen (1883)
- the biography of Madame de Sévigné (1881)
A complete edition of her works appeared since 1875. In 1877 she married her cousin Richmond Ritchie . A selection from her letters and diaries was published in 1995:
- Abigail Burnham Bloom, John Maynard (Eds.): Anne Thackeray Ritchie: Journals and Letters . Ohio State University Press, Columbus OH 1994. ISBN 0-8142-0638-7 ( digitized version on the publisher's pages in full access)
In addition to her writing career, Anne had two children and had an excellent social life. She was politically active, as is clear from her essays, and did a lot for the welfare of poorer society. Anne died on February 28, 1919.
criticism
Unfortunately, Anne Thackeray Ritchie's work and knowledge has so far only been used as a way to learn more about her father or husband. It is largely unknown that Thackeray was an active writer for more than 60 years and had a unique, well-connected position in the English author and artist scene. Virginia Woolf praised her work in 1919 and spoke of her as a strange and capricious genius.
literature
- Shuli Barzilai: Tales of Bluebeard and His Wives from Late Antiquity to Postmodern Times . Routledge, New York 2009, ISBN 978-0-415-99468-2 . Pp. 68-107.
- Helen Debenham: "Re-reading the Domestic Novel: Anne Thackeray's The Story of Elizabeth." In: Brenda Ayres (ed.): Silent Voices: Forgotten Novels by Victorian Women Writers. Praeger, Connecticut 2003, pp. 139-153.
- Henrietta Garnett: Anny. A life of Anny Thackeray Ritchie. Chatto & Windus, London et al. 2004, ISBN 0-7011-7129-4 .
- Winifred Gérin: Anne Thackeray Ritchie: A Biography. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1981.
Web links
- Literature by and about Anne Thackeray Ritchie in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Shuli Barzilai: Tales of Bluebeard and His Wives from Late Antiquity to Postmodern Times . Routledge, New York 2009, ISBN 978-0-415-99468-2 , pp. 68 .
- ↑ Shuli Barzilai: Tales of Bluebeard and His Wives from Late Antiquity to Postmodern Times . 2009, p. 71 .
- ↑ Shuli Barzilai: Tales of Bluebeard and His Wives from Late Antiquity to Postmodern Times . 2009, p. 70 .
- ↑ Winifred slightest: Anne Thackeray Ritchie: A Biography . Oxford UP, Oxford 1981, p. 283 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ritchie, Anne Thackeray |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ritchie, Anna Isabella; Thackeray, Annie Isabel; Thackeray Ritchie, Anne; Ritchie, Anne T .; Thackeray, Anne Isabella (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 9, 1837 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 26, 1919 |
| Place of death | Freshwater , Isle of Wight |