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| Author | Clara Reeve |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Horror; Mystery; Ghost story |
| Published | 1778 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
The Old English Baron is an early Gothic novel by the English author Clara Reeve. It was first published under this title in 1778, although it had anonymously appeared in 1777 under its original name of The Champion of Virtue, before Samuel Richardson's daughter, Mrs Bridgen, had edited it for her. Apart from typographical errors, the revision was trifling.[1]