Catharine Selden

Catharine Selden (dates not known) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels in the early 19th century.

Little known today, she was "prolific" and her novels "best-selling" for her publisher, Minerva Press. She published seven novels. The first, The English Nun (1797), was written in imitation of Diderot's La Religieuse (1792).

Bibliography

• The English Nun: a Novel (London, 1797)
• The Count de Santerre (1797)
• Lindor; or Early Engagements (1798)
• Serena (1800)
• The Sailors (1800)
• German Letters (Translator, Cork, 1804)
• Villa Nova: or, The Ruined Castle (1805)
• Villasantelle, or The Curious Impertinent (1817)

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