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)
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