Ellen Wood (1814-1887)

Ellen Wood’s career as a bestselling Victorian novelist links Kent’s coastal landscapes with popular print culture and domestic fiction. Folkestone, Hawkinge, and the cliffs around Hougham anchor a biographical reading of how place shaped her public reputation and literary imagination.

Posted Mar 1, 2024 Updated Mar 30, 2026

By Michelle Crowther

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Ellen Wood

Ellen Wood by Hodges

Drawing of an area to the east of Folkestone in Kent, showing Hawkinge and West Hougham

Abbot's CLiff, Hougham

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