Frances Collins (writer) explained

Frances Collins (née Dunn; 14 July 1840 - Camberley, Surrey, 17 March 1886) was a British writer and the wife of Mortimer Collins.

Biography

Frances Dunn was born in 1840. She married the writer Mortimer Collins in 1868.^[1] Mortimer Collins was ill and struggling financially when the couple married, and Frances helped him to manage his finances and co-wrote his last few books with him. Following her husband's death in 1876, Frances Collins published several novels under her own name as well as a memoir of her husband.^[2] She also wrote several short pieces for periodicals such as Punch.^[3]

Publications

• (with Mortimer Collins) A Fight With Fortune (1876)
• Mortimer Collins: His Letters and Friendships (1877)^[4]
• (with Mortimer Collins) You Play Me False (1878)
• A Broken Lily (1882)
• The Village Comedy (1883)^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Royal Literary Fund, Application Form, Frances Collins. searcharchives.bl.uk. 2018-03-08.
2. Book: Sutherland, John. The Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction. 2014-10-13. Routledge. 9781317863335. 140. en.
3. Book: Spielmann, M.H.. A History of Punch. Cassell and Company Limited. 1895. London, Paris and Melbourne. 405.
4. Book: Collins, Mrs Mortimer. Mortimer Collins, His Letters and Friendships: With Some Account of His Life. Mrs Mortimer Collins.. 1877. S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. en.
5. Book: Collins, Mrs Mortimer. The village comedy, by Mortimer and Frances Collins. 1883. 1883. Chatto and Windus. en.