{"product_id":"charlotte-riddell-the-uninhabited-house-all-truth-contains-an-echo-of-sadness-paperback","title":"Charlotte Riddell - The Uninhabited House: ''All truth contains an echo of sadness'' - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharlotte Riddell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharlotte Eliza Lawson Cowan was born in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Ireland, on 30th September 1832, the youngest daughter of James Cowan, a High Sheriff for the County of Antrim, and Ellen Kilshaw from Liverpool, England. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the winter of 1855, four years after her father's death, she and her mother moved to London. Sadly, within the year, her mother also passed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1857, she married Joseph Hadley Riddell, a civil engineer. The marriage was happy by all accounts but produced no children. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer first novel, 'The Moors and the Fens', was published in 1858 under the pseudonym of F. G. Trafford, which she used until publishing under the moniker 'Mrs Riddell' from 1864. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharlotte was a prolific, respected and popular author. In her literary career she published over 50 novels and short stories. The most notable is perhaps 'George Geith of Fen Court' (1864), for which she was paid  800. It was later dramatised in 1883 by Wybert Reeve. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 1867, Charlotte ventured into new territory, becoming the co-proprietor and editor of the well-regarded St. James's Magazine, which had begun publishing 1861. She also edited the magazine 'Home in the Sixties', and wrote short stories and tales for the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge and Routledge's Christmas annuals. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharlotte was a prominent writer of ghost stories; 'Fairy Water', 'The Uninhabited House', 'The Haunted River', 'The Disappearance of Mr Jeremiah Redworth' and 'The Nun's Curse', all deal with buildings occupied by supernatural phenomena. Charlotte also wrote several short ghost stories, such as 'The Open Door' and 'Nut Bush Farm', which are regularly anthologised. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1880 Joseph died. She now withdrew from society and became a recluse. From 1886 this was in Upper Halliford, Middlesex. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1901 Charlotte became the recipient of the first pension,  60 a year, from the Society of Authors. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharlotte Riddell died from cancer in Ashford, Kent, on 24th September 1906.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 17, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51790521106720,"sku":"9781839673641","price":13.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a7092226476fbe4de70cdb220522ecfb.webp?v=1780679066","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/charlotte-riddell-the-uninhabited-house-all-truth-contains-an-echo-of-sadness-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}