Anne Thackeray Ritchie | |
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Born | Anne Isabella Thackeray 9 June 1837 London, England |
Died | 26 February 1919 Freshwater, England | (aged 81)
Occupation | Writer |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
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Relatives | Harriet Stephen (sister) |
Anne Isabella, Lady Ritchie (née Thackeray; 9 June 1837 – 26 February 1919), eldest daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray, was an English writer, whose several novels were appreciated in their time and made her a central figure on the late Victorian literary scene. She is noted especially as the custodian of her father's literary legacy, and for short fiction that places fairy tale narratives in a Victorian milieu. Her 1885 novel Mrs. Dymond introduced into English the proverb, "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for life."