Editing Ann Radcliffe (section)

=== Marriage ===
In 1787, when Radcliffe was 23 years old, she married William Radcliffe (1763–1830).<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Colbert |first=Ben |title=William Radcliffe |url=https://btw.wlv.ac.uk/authors/1171 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241223183841/https://btw.wlv.ac.uk/authors/1171 |archive-date=2024-12-23 |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=British Travel Writing |language=en}}</ref> William was, like, Radcliffe, the son of a haberdasher.<ref name=":5" /> He attended [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] briefly in 1780, and finished a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] at [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] in 1785.<ref name=":5" /> He spent some time as a student of law, but he did not complete his legal studies and instead turned his attention to literature and journalism.{{Sfn|McIntyre|1920}} The couple were married in Bath, but soon after moved to London.{{sfn|Rogers|1996|p=4}} William published several translations from Latin and French to support them, and in 1790 began working for the ''[[Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser]]''.<ref name=":5" /> According to the literary historian [[Nick Groom]], this was "a fiercely radical paper that celebrated the [[French Revolution]], freedom of the press, and [[English Dissenters|Dissenters' rights]]."{{Sfn|Groom|2007|pp=xi–xii}} By many accounts, theirs was a happy marriage. Radcliffe called him her "nearest relative and friend".<ref name="Facer">{{cite web|website= Chawton House Library|url= http://www.chawtonhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Ann-Radcliffe.pdf |last= Facer |first=Ruth |title=Ann Radcliffe (1764–1823)|access-date=1 December 2012}}</ref> Ann and William Radcliffe never had children.{{sfn|Rogers|1996|p=4}}

According to a posthumous biography, Radcliffe started writing for amusement while her husband remained out late most evenings for work.{{Sfn|Talfourd|1826|pp=7–8}} She published her first novel, ''[[The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne]],'' in 1789 at the age of 25, and published her next three novels in short succession to increasing acclaim.{{Sfn|McIntyre|1920}} At the height of her popularity, she was one of the highest-paid authors of the eighteenth century.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=7 October 2024 |title=Ann Radcliffe - Forgotten Pioneer of Gothic Literature - Bids to Reclaim Place in the Hearts of Readers|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250318033604/https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/ann-radcliffe-forgotten-pioneer-gothic-literature-bids-reclaim-place-hearts-readers |url=https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/ann-radcliffe-forgotten-pioneer-gothic-literature-bids-reclaim-place-hearts-readers |archive-date= 18 March 2025 |url-status=live|access-date=2025-05-07 |website=The University of Sheffield |last=Barton |first=Sean}}</ref> Even as her works became famous, Radcliffe avoided the public eye, causing one eighteenth-century reviewer to comment that "nothing was known of her but her name on the title page".{{sfn|Rogers|1996|p=5}} Biographers describe her as reserved and extremely shy.{{sfn|Rogers|1996|pp=4–5}} The money she earned from her novels eventually allowed her husband to quit his job in 1793, and paid for their vacation travel.<ref name=":5" />{{Sfn|McIntyre|1920}} She also provided some financial support to her mother-in-law, Deborah Radcliffe.{{Sfn|Louca-Richards|2020}} In 1794, the Radcliffes made their only trip abroad, visiting Holland and Germany.{{Sfn|McIntyre|1920}} In 1795, William returned as editor of the ''Gazetteer'', and a year later, he purchased the [[English Chronicle|''English Chronicle'' ''or'' ''Universal Evening Post'']], a [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]] newspaper. Ann Radcliffe published ''[[The Italian (Radcliffe novel)|The Italian]]'' in 1797, the last of her works which was published in her lifetime.{{Sfn|Groom|2017|pp=ix&ndash;xli}}