Harriet Lee
Harriet Lee (* 1757 in London , † August 1, 1851 in Clifton, now the city of Bristol ) was a British writer .
Harriet Lee, daughter of actor John Lee and younger sister of Sophia Lee , grew up in an artistic family. In 1786 she anonymously published The Errors of Innocence , a letter novel. In 1797 she completed another novel, Clara Lennox, and in the same year a collection of twelve stories and fairy tales. Together with her sister Sophia she published the Canterbury Tales (5 volumes, 1797-1805), which saw numerous editions. Harriet's story Kruitzner, or the German's Tale (1823) provided the material for Lord Byron's tragedy Werner or Die Erbschaft ( Werner, or the inheritance , 1822) from this work .
Works (selection)
- The Errors of Innocence . Dublin, 1786.
- The New Peerage; Or, Our Eyes may deceive us: A Comedy . As it is performed at the Theater-Royal In Drury-Lane. London: Robinson, 1787
- Herbert, ou adieu richesses, ou les mariages . Edinburgh, 1788. Microfiche edition ISBN 3-628-55288-5
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Canterbury Tales [for the year 1797] . London, 1797. Microfiche edition ISBN 3-628-48017-5
- Tales from Canterbury (translated by Friedrich von Oertel). 2 volumes, Beygang, Leipzig 1798 and 1799.
- The Three Strangers . London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1826.
Web links
- Harriet Lee literature in the British Library catalog
- Literature by and about Harriet Lee in the catalog of the German National Library
Remarks
- ↑ not to be confused with the also very well-known medieval Canterbury stories (English original title: "Cantenbury Tales") by Geoffrey Chaucer (popular school reading )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lee, Harriet |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1757 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 1, 1851 |
| Place of death | Bristol |