Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Regina Maria Roche

Born: 1764
Died: 1845 (aged 81)
Bio: Regina Maria Roche is considered today to be a minor Gothic novelist who wrote in the shadow of Ann Radcliffe. She was, however, a best seller in her own time. The popularity of her third novel, The Children of the Abbey, rivaled that of Ann Radcliffe’s The Mysteries of Udolpho.
Known for:
- The Children of the Abbey (1796)
- Clermont (1798)
- The discarded son, or, Haunt of the banditti (1807)