Penelope Aubin

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Penelope Aubin (c. 1679 - c. 1731) was an English novelist and translator.

[edit] Works

• The Strange Adventures of the Count de Vinevil and His Family (1721)
• The Adventures of the Prince of Clermont, and Madam De Ravezan (1722). Translation of Mme Gillot De Beaucour.
• The Life of Charlotta Du Pont, an English lady; taken from her own memoirs (1723). Online edition at www.chawton.org
  • Anne de Sola has edited a modern (2003) critical edition: ISBN 0-7734-6610-X
• The Illustrious French Lovers (1727). Translation of Les Illustres Françaises by Robert Challe
  • David Williams has edited a modern (2000) critical edition: ISBN 0-7734-7701-2

[edit] Further reading

• Gollapudi, Aparna "Virtuous Voyages in Penelope Aubin's Fiction", Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 45:3 (Summer 2005), pp. 669-690

[edit] External links

• Joel H. Baer, ‘Aubin, Penelope (1679?–1731?)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 13 Nov 2006
• Penelope Aubin on Turkey