Eliza Parsons
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Eliza Parsons was an English Gothic novelist, best known for The Castle of Wolfenbach and The Mysterious Warning. These are two of the seven Gothic titles recommended as reading by a character in Jane
Frontispiece to The Mysterious Warning, 1796
The Mysterious Warning: A German Tale is a novel by the English gothic novelist Eliza Parsons. It was first published in 1795 and is one of the seven "horrid novels" lampooned in Jane Austen's Northan
Eliza Parsons
…Eliza Parsons (née Phelp) (1739 – 5 February 1811) was an English Gothic novelist, best known for The Castle of Wolfenbach (1793) and The Mysterious Warning (1796). These are two of the seven Gothic titles recommended as reading by a character in Jane Austen's novel Northanger Abbey. The life of Eliza Parsons…
First edition title page