Jeremiah Redworth (1878) and The Nun's Curse (1888) - feature buildings affected by some supernatural phenomena. Five of her novels - Fairy Water (1873), The Uninhabited House (1875), The Haunted River (1877), The Disappearance of Mr. Supernatural elements are prevalent in many of Riddell’s works. For instance, she had never seen the Fen District before writing The Moors and the Fens. Riddell even had a talent for describing locations without prior experience with the places.
Her novels also demonstrate her understanding of the topography of the City of London, where many scenes in these works are set. In total, Riddell published nearly 40 novels.Ĭommerce is a major theme in many of Riddell’s novels, a new element of English fiction at the time. James Magazine, Riddell also wrote short stories for other publications though they were never as successful as her novels. James Magazine, a prominent London literary journal which had started six years prior under Anna Maria Hall, the Irish novelist. In 1867, Riddell became a co-owner and editor of the St. Her 1864 novel George Geith of Fen Court (of which other editions were published in 18) was later dramatized by English actor Wybert Reeve. Between 18, Riddell published thirty volumes, including novels and assorted tales. She abandoned this name and began publishing under her own name in 1864. Riddell’s first novel, The Moors and the Fens, was published in 1858 under the pseudonym F. In London she met a civil engineer from Staffordshire, Joseph Hadley Riddell, and the two married in 1857.
Riddell (née Cowan), born in County Antrim, Ireland, moved to London with her family in the winter of 1855, four years after the death of her father and a year before the death of her mother.
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