Clara Reeve

Clara Reeve (23 January 1729 – 3 December 1807) was an English novelist best known for the Gothic novel The Old English Baron (1777). She also wrote an innovative history of prose fiction, The Progress of Romance (1785). Her first work was a translation from Latin, then an unusual language for a woman to learn. She was a near-contemporary of the bluestockings ladies of Elizabeth Montague's circle.

Clara Reeve
Portrait of Clara Reeve, c.1770
BornClara Reeve
(1729-01-23)23 January 1729
Ipswich, England
Died3 December 1807(1807-12-03) (aged 78)
Ipswich, England
OccupationNovelist
Period1769–1802
Notable worksThe Old English Baron
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