Harriet Louisa Childe-Pemberton (1 April 1852 – 13 December 1921) was an English author of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries.
Biography
Harriet Louisa Childe-Pemberton was born in 1852, in
St Leonards-On-Sea,
Sussex, and raised at
Millichope Park,
Munslow,
Shropshire, the daughter of Charles Orlando Childe-Pemberton[2] and Augusta Mary Shakespear Childe-Pemberton. In 1859, her father served as
Sheriff of Shropshire. In 1870, she was presented to
Queen Victoria.[3] Her younger brother William Shakespear Childe-Pemberton (1859–1924) was also a writer, best known as a biographer.[4][5][6]
Childe-Pemberton lived in London later in life, and wrote plays, poems, short stories, novels, and literary criticism.[7] Her 1882 story "All My Doing; or, Red Riding-Hood Over Again" remains of interest to literary scholars, for its unique retelling of the classic
Little Red Riding Hood tale.[8][9][10][11][12][13] Several of her books were published by the
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.[14]
^McGillis, Roderick. "Lame Old Bachelor, Lonely Old Maid: Harriet Childe-Pemberton's 'All My Doing; or Red Riding Hood Over Again." Aspects and Issues in the History of Children's Literature. Ed. Maria Nikolajeva. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1995. 127-38. Print.
^Childe-Pemberton, Harriet L. (Harriet Louisa).
In a Tuscan villa and other poems. University of California Libraries. London : Griffith Farran Okeden & Welsh.
Harriet Louisa Childe-Pemberton (1 April 1852 – 13 December 1921) was an English author of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries.
Biography
Harriet Louisa Childe-Pemberton was born in 1852, in
St Leonards-On-Sea,
Sussex, and raised at
Millichope Park,
Munslow,
Shropshire, the daughter of Charles Orlando Childe-Pemberton[2] and Augusta Mary Shakespear Childe-Pemberton. In 1859, her father served as
Sheriff of Shropshire. In 1870, she was presented to
Queen Victoria.[3] Her younger brother William Shakespear Childe-Pemberton (1859–1924) was also a writer, best known as a biographer.[4][5][6]
Childe-Pemberton lived in London later in life, and wrote plays, poems, short stories, novels, and literary criticism.[7] Her 1882 story "All My Doing; or, Red Riding-Hood Over Again" remains of interest to literary scholars, for its unique retelling of the classic
Little Red Riding Hood tale.[8][9][10][11][12][13] Several of her books were published by the
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.[14]
^McGillis, Roderick. "Lame Old Bachelor, Lonely Old Maid: Harriet Childe-Pemberton's 'All My Doing; or Red Riding Hood Over Again." Aspects and Issues in the History of Children's Literature. Ed. Maria Nikolajeva. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1995. 127-38. Print.
^Childe-Pemberton, Harriet L. (Harriet Louisa).
In a Tuscan villa and other poems. University of California Libraries. London : Griffith Farran Okeden & Welsh.