Mary Russell Mitford

Mary Russell Mitford
Portrait of Mary Russell Mitford by Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1824
Born(1787-12-16)16 December 1787
New Alresford, City of Winchester, England
Died10 January 1855(1855-01-10) (aged 67)
Swallowfield, Berkshire, England
OccupationNovelist

Mary Russell Mitford (16 December 1787 – 10 January 1855) was an English essayist, novelist, poet and dramatist. She was born at Alresford in Hampshire, England. She is best known for Our Village, a series of sketches of village scenes and vividly drawn characters based upon her life in Three Mile Cross near Reading in Berkshire.

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