Ann Masterman Skinn

Ann Emelinda Masterman Skinn (1747 – 1789) was an English novelist.[1]

Ann Masterman was born in 1747, most likely in York, as she states it as her "native place" on the title page of her work, The Old Maid. Masterman died on March 23, 1789 in Margate, Kent. She died at the age of 41, from poverty.[2]

She is an author with only one known work, which is The Old Maid also known as The History of Miss Ravensworth.[3] It was published in 1770.

References

  1. ↑ "Ann Masterman Skinn © Orlando Project". orlando.cambridge.org. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
  2. ↑ Wallace, John Malcolm (1985). The Golden & the Brazen World: Papers in Literature and History, 1650-1800. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520054011.
  3. ↑ Skinn, Ann Emelinda (2010-05-29). The Old Maid; Or, History of Miss Ravensworth. in a Series of Letters. by Mrs. Skinn, ... in Three Volumes. ... Volume 2 of 3. Gale Ecco, Print Editions. ISBN 9781170650318.
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