Anna Harriett Drury (also Harriet, 1824–1912)[1] was an English novelist who wrote "conventional romances, with a few sharp observations on the role of unattached women in their relatives' houses".
[2] After a period in London, Anna Drury moved to Torquay in 1866, where she became a close friend of Frances Mary Peard.
[1] Drury's "conventional romances" and other works included Annesley, and other poems (1847), Friends and Fortune, a moral tale (1849), Light and Shade: or, the Young Artist.
A tale (1853), Misrepresentation (1859), The Story of a Shower (1872), Gabriel's Appointment (1877), Called to the Rescue (1879) and In the Enemy's Country; or, the Raven of Steinbrück.
[4] Numerous books of Drury's are available in facsimile reprints, secondhand original editions, and as free downloads.