Anne Thackeray Ritchie
Anne Isabella, Lady Ritchie, nee Thackeray (1837 - 1919), was an English writer. She was the eldest daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray. She was the author of several novels which were highly regarded in their time and a central figure in the late Victorian literary scene. She is perhaps best remembered today as the custodian of her father's literary legacy and for her short fiction placing traditional fairy tale narratives in a Victorian milieu. Her 1885 novel Mrs. Dymond contains the...See more
Anne Isabella, Lady Ritchie, nee Thackeray (1837 - 1919), was an English writer. She was the eldest daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray. She was the author of several novels which were highly regarded in their time and a central figure in the late Victorian literary scene. She is perhaps best remembered today as the custodian of her father's literary legacy and for her short fiction placing traditional fairy tale narratives in a Victorian milieu. Her 1885 novel Mrs. Dymond contains the earliest English-language use of the well-known proverb "give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for life." See less
