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A Short Biography of Anna Letitia Barbauld

Author Name:

Anna Letitia Barbauld

Born As:

Anna Letitia Aikin

Other Names:

Anna Letitia Barbauld

Born:

20 Jun 1743

Died:

9 Mar 1825




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Poet and editor                          
Selected Works:

Corsica: And Ode - 1768
Poems - 1773
Miscellaneous Pieces in Prose - with John Aikin - 1773
Devotional Pieces, Compiled from the Psalms and the Book of Job - 1775
Lessons for Children - 1778–9 - 4 volumes
Hymns in Prose for Children - 1781
An Address to the Opposers of the Repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts - 1790
An Epistle to William Wilberforce, Esq. on the Rejection of the Bill for Abolishing the Slave Trade - 1791
Civic Sermons to the People - 1792
Remarks on Mr. Gilbert Wakefield’s Enquiry into the Expediency and Propriety of Public or Social Worship - 1792
Evenings at Home, or The Juvenile Budget Opened - with John Aikin - 1792–6 - 6 volumes
Sins of Government, Sins of the Nation - 1793
Reasons for National Penitence Recommended for the Fast Appointed on February 28, 1794
"What is Education?" Monthly Magazine 5 - 1798
The Arts of Life - with John Aikin - 1802
The Correspondence of Samuel Richardson - 6 volumes - 1804
Selections from the Spectator, Tatler, Guardian, and Freeholder, with a Preliminary Essay - edited with an introduction - 3 volumes - 1805
The British Novelists - edited with a comprehensive introductory essay and introductions to each author - 50 volumes - 1810
An Essay on the Origin and Progress of Novel-Writing - 1810
The Female Speaker - 1811
Eighteen Hundred and Eleven - 1812
The Works of Anna Laetitia Barbauld. With a Memoir by Lucy Aikin - edited by Barbauld’s niece, Lucy Aikin - 1825
A Legacy for Young Ladies - edited by Barbauld’s niece, Lucy Aikin, after Barbauld's death - 1826.                          
Mother 
Father Reverend John Aikin
Husband The Rev. Rochemont Barbauld