The Life and Death of Harriett Frean' is a 1922 novel by English author May Sinclair.

Harriett Frean is a woman so afraid of life that she will eventually talk herself out of living it.

The novel follows Harriet as she is raised to be the ideal Victorian woman.

Having decided not to follow her heart Harriett spends the rest of her life trying to convince herself that she has done the right thing.

[2] It was first published in 1922; The Life and Death of Harriett Frean is the only May Sinclair novel currently in print.