Margaret Hunt (née Raine; 1831–1912) was a British novelist and translator of the tales of the

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Life

Margaret Raine, was born in Durham, England, 1831. She was the daughter of

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and sister to James Raine the younger, she also wrote under the pseudonym Averil Beaumont. Her husband was the artist

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. Her older daughter was the novelist

Violet Hunt Isobel Violet Hunt (28 September 1862 – 16 January 1942) was a British author and literary hostess. She wrote feminist novels. She founded the Women Writers' Suffrage League in 1908 and participated in the founding of International PEN. Biog ...

; her younger daughter Venetia married the designer

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(1854–1924). In the 1880s, a family friendship with

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was developed through her literary connections. In 1886, she was living in

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. In addition to writing her novels, she translated a definitive edition of

Grimm's Fairy Tales ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'', originally known as the ''Children's and Household Tales'' (german: Kinder- und Hausmärchen, lead=yes, ), is a German collection of fairy tales by the Grimm brothers or "Brothers Grimm", Jacob and Wilhelm, first pub ...

. Hunt's grave and those of her husband and daughter are in Plot 56 at

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Works

The following list is a selection of novels written by Hunt, * ''Under Seal of Confession'' (1874) (as Averil Beaumont)
''The Leaden Casket''
(1880)
''Thornicroft's Model''
(1881) (as Averil Beaumont) * ''The Governess'' (1912) with Violet Hunt, preface by

Ford Madox Brown Ford Madox Brown (16 April 1821 – 6 October 1893) was a British painter of moral and historical subjects, notable for his distinctively graphic and often William Hogarth, Hogarthian version of the Pre-Raphaelite style. Arguably, his mos ...

. In 1884 she produced the two volume ''Grimm's Household Tales'' ( Bell & Sons, Covent Garden), with an introduction by

Andrew Lang Andrew Lang (31 March 1844 – 20 July 1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University ...

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