Catherine Hutton Catherine Hutton Catherine Hutton (11 February 1756 – 13 March 1846) was an English novelist and letter-writer. Born in Birmingham, the daughter of historian William Hutton, Hutton became a friend of the scientist and discoverer of oxygen Joseph Priestley and the novelist Robert Bage. A keen letter-writer, she corresponded with, among others, Charles Dickens, Edward Bulwer-Lytton and her mathematician cousin Charles Hutton. She built up a collection of over two thousand letters, some of which were published after her death. Hutton published a number of novels including "The Miser Married: a Novel" (1813) - itself partly written as a series
The Farmer's Wife The Farmer's Wife The Farmer's Wife is a 1928 British silent romantic comedy film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Jameson Thomas, Lillian Hall-Davis and Gordon Harker. It is adapted from a play of the same name by British novelist, poet and playwright Eden Phillpotts, best known for a series of novels based on Dartmoor, in Devon. "The Farmer's Wife" is produced by British International Pictures at Elstree studios. The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilfred Arnold. Tibby, the wife of Samuel Sweetland (Jameson Thomas) dies, and shortly afterwards his daughter marries and leaves home, leaving him