Francis Lathom was a British gothic novelist and playwright. Most of his novels were out of print throughout the 20th century, but some have since been rediscovered and republished by Valancourt Books.
Writers born in the 1770s 6
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Francis Lathom was a British gothic novelist and playwright. Most of his novels were out of print throughout the 20th century, but some have since been rediscovered and republished by Valancourt Books. His best known novel, The Midnight Bell (1798), is notable for being one of the seven "horrid novels" mentioned by Jane Austen in her novel Northanger Abbey.
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1774 to 1832 · aged 57
Written about in
3 languages
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