WRITER

Clara Reeve

1729 - 1807

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Clara Reeve (23 January 1729 – 3 December 1807) was an English novelist best known for the Gothic novel The Old English Baron (1777). She also wrote an innovative history of prose fiction, The Progress of Romance (1785). Her first work was a translation from Latin, then an unusual language for a woman to learn. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Clara Reeve has received more than 90,681 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Clara Reeve is the 5,200th most popular writer (down from 4,916th in 2019), the 3,890th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,791st in 2019) and the 438th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 91k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The progress of romance, through times, countries, and manners
Early works to 1800, Fiction, History and criticism
1785
Old English Baron
Great britain, fiction, Fiction, historical, Fiction
1967
The school for widows
Female friendship, Fiction, Widows
"The School for Widows tells the stories of childhood friends Frances Darnford and Rachel Strictland, both of whom have lived hard lives as the virtuous wives of improvident and immoral husbands. Frances, left penniless after the death of her gambler-spendthrift husband (who in an attempt to escape debtor's prison tries to sell her to his friend) opens a school for girls, and eventually takes up residence with another tragic widow, Isabella di Soranzo, whom she rescues from a mental breakdown. Frances, Rachel, and Isabella not only survive their trials, but eventually become productive and beneficial members of society, thus serving as positive examples of the potential opportunity for widows in eighteenth-century England."--BOOK JACKET.
1791
Seven Masterpieces of Gothic Horror
Horror tales, American Horror tales, burial vaults
The castle of Otranto / Horace Walpole The Old English Baron / Clara Reeve Mistrust or Blanche and Osbright / Matthew Gregory Lewis The heir of Mondolfo / Mary Shelley The white old maid / Nathaniel Hawthorn [The fall of the House of Usher](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41078W) / Edgar Allan Poe Carmilla / Sheridan Le Fanu.
1963
The old English baron
Fiction in English, Fiction, Inheritance and succession
1799
The old English baron
England in fiction, Fiction, Great Britain in fiction
1777

Page views of Clara Reeves by language

Over the past year Clara Reeve has had the most page views in the with 11,195 views, followed by Spanish (1,609), and Russian (1,462). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are West Frisian (47.46%), Egyptian Arabic (33.11%), and Asturian (25.61%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Clara Reeve ranks 5,200 out of 7,302. Before her are Donald Rayfield, John Farey Sr., Gesualdo Bufalino, Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, Rita Mae Brown, and Solomana Kante. After her are Christian Matras, Sam Lake, Lester del Rey, David McKee, Miklós Jósika, and Nikolai Pogodin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1729, Clara Reeve ranks 30. Before her are Johann Gottlieb Georgi, Giuseppe Parini, Michael Denis, Ivan Argunov, Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, and Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe. After her are Fyodor Volkov, Josiah Bartlett, and Thomas Percy. Among people deceased in 1807, Clara Reeve ranks 27. Before her are Jeremias Benjamin Richter, Joseph Brant, Jean-François Rewbell, Johann III Bernoulli, Mikhail Kheraskov, and Oliver Ellsworth. After her are Louise du Pierry, Abraham Baldwin, Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, John Opie, and Alexander Martin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Clara Reeve ranks 3,890 out of 8,785. Before her are Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon (1866), Nicola Sturgeon (1970), John Ogdon (1937), Tommy Green (1894), Stuart McCall (1964), and Lambert Simnel (1477). After her are Ken Wharton (1916), Mary Elizabeth Barber (1818), Gruffydd ap Llywelyn (1000), Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife (1849), Mark Owen (1972), and Princess Sophia of Gloucester (1773).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Clara Reeve ranks 438. Before her are Jonathan Stroud (1970), Anne V. Coates (1925), Elizabeth Goudge (1900), Nicholas Culpeper (1616), Donald Rayfield (1942), and John Farey Sr. (1766). After her are David McKee (1935), Bob Shaw (1931), George Crabbe (1754), Ælfric of Eynsham (955), Thomas Love Peacock (1785), and Edward Carpenter (1844).

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