Betsy Sheridan
Ann Elizabeth "Betsy" Sheridan Le Fanu (1758–1837) was an Anglo-Irish diarist.[1] She was a daughter of Irish stage actor Thomas Sheridan and the sister of satirist Richard Brinsley Sheridan and playwright Alicia Sheridan Le Fanu.[2] She married Captain Henry Le Fanu in 1791, and their daughter Alicia Le Fanu was also a writer.[2]
Works[]
- The Triumph of Prudence Over Passion, Or, The History of Miss Mortimer and Miss Fitzgerald. Four Courts Press. 1781. ISBN 9781846822896. pseudonym:"the Authoress Of Emeline"
- Lefanu, Elizabeth Sheridan (1986). Betsy Sheridan's Journal: Letters from Sheridan's Sister, 1784–1786 and 1788–1790. ISBN 1258515520. – journal entries compiled and edited by relative William LeFanu
- The India voyage. G. and J. Robinson. 1804. ISBN 3628480477.
References[]
- ^ Betsy Sheridan's journal : letters from Sheridan's sister, 1784-1786 and 1788-1790. CiNii. Oxford University Press. 1986. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Sheridan, Betsy, 1758-1837". Library of congress. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
Categories:
- Irish writer stubs
- Irish diarists
- Le Fanu family
- 1758 births
- 1837 deaths
- 18th-century Irish women writers
- 19th-century Irish women writers