Anna Maria Porter

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Anna Maria Porter, the sister of Jane Porter and Robert Ker Porter, she was probably born on 17 December 1778. She spent her infancy in Durham, England, the home town of her mother. Her father, William Porter (1735–1779), served as an army surgeon for 23 years and died before she was a year old. After the death of her father, her family settled in Edinburgh, Scotland, where the Porter children attended charity school and enjoyed the friendship of Walter Scott. Throughout her life, Anna Maria was known as Maria (pronounced məɾˡaiə). At the age of 14, Maria published her first book, *Artless Tales*. She was in London by the 1790s, publishing verse in the *Universal Magazine*. After *Artless Tales*, she also wrote a short novel *Walsh Colville* published anonymously in 1797. Though her sister Jane was the more acclaimed and popular writer, Maria was the more prolific. *The Hungarian Brothers* (1807), a historical romance set against the French Revolutionary Wars, was a success and went into several editions. Maria also produced the humanitarian *Tales of Pity on Fishing, Shooting and Hunting* in 1814, and collaborated with her sister on collections of stories. She was one of the era's most published and respected fiction writers, with many of her works translated into French, but she also published poems and short stories and had an opera produced. Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Maria_Porter)

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Tales Round a Winter Hearth [1/2]
Representative edition published 2007
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Tales Round a Winter Hearth [2/2]
Representative edition published 2007
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The village of Mariendorpt
Representative edition published 2007
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Honor O'Hara
Representative edition published 2003
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Don Sebastian: Or, The House of Braganza, an Historical Romance
Representative edition published 1835
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DON SEBASTIAN
Representative edition published 1835
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The Hungarian brothers. revised
Representative edition published 1832
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The Hungarian brothers
Representative edition published 1832
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Tales Round a Winter Hearth
Representative edition published 1826
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Roche-blanche
Representative edition published 1822
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The Fast of St. Magdalen: A Romance
Representative edition published 1819
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The fast of St. Magdalen
Representative edition published 1818
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The fast of St. Magdalen
Representative edition published 1818
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The Knight of St. John: A Romance
Representative edition published 1817
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The knight of St. John
Representative edition published 1817
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Ballad romances and other poems
Representative edition published 1816
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The recluse of Norway
Representative edition published 1815
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Don Sebastian, Or, The House of Braganza: An Historical Romance
Representative edition published 1809
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The Hungarian Brothers
Representative edition published 1807
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The Hungarian brothers ...
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The lake of Killarney: A Novel
Representative edition published 1804
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Walsh Colville
Representative edition published 1974
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Don Sebastian
Representative edition published 1835
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The barony
Representative edition published 1830
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