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The sister of Jane Porter, she was born in the Bailey in Durham, England. Her father, William Porter (1735-1779), served as an army surgeon for 23 years and died before her birth.
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He is buried in Street Oswald"s church, Durham. Anna, being fair-haired, pretty and gay, was nicknamed "L"Allegra". Anna at the age of 12 published Artless Tales.
She was in London by the 1790s, publishing verse in the Universal Magazine.
After Artless Tales, she also wrote a short novel Walsh Colville published anonymously in 1797. The Hungarian Brothers (1807), a historical romance set against the French Revolutionary Wars, was a success and went into several editions.
In all, she published some thirty works, many being translated into French. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cousin, John William (1910).
A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature.
London: J. M. Dent & Sons. Wikisource.
