. ▁Her ▁reputation ▁was ▁further ▁dam aged ▁when ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁Rom antic ▁po ets ▁she ▁had ▁inspired ▁in ▁the ▁he yd ay ▁of ▁the ▁French ▁Revolution ▁turned ▁against ▁her ▁in ▁their ▁later , ▁more ▁conserv ative ▁years . ▁Bar ba uld ▁was ▁remembered ▁only ▁as ▁a ▁ped antic ▁children ' s ▁writer ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁and ▁largely ▁forgotten ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 th , ▁until ▁the ▁rise ▁of ▁femin ist ▁literary ▁criticism ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁renew ed ▁interest ▁in ▁her ▁works ▁and ▁restored ▁her ▁place ▁in ▁literary ▁history . ▁ ▁S ources ▁Much ▁of ▁what ▁is ▁known ▁about ▁Bar ba uld ' s ▁life ▁comes ▁from ▁two ▁mem oir s , ▁the ▁first ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 5 ▁and ▁written ▁by ▁her ▁nie ce , ▁Lucy ▁A ik in , ▁and ▁the ▁second ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 4 , ▁written ▁by ▁her ▁great - nie ce ▁Anna ▁Let it ia ▁Le ▁Bre ton . ▁Some ▁letters ▁from ▁Bar ba uld ▁to ▁others ▁also ▁exist . ▁However , ▁a ▁great ▁many ▁Bar ba uld ▁family ▁documents ▁were ▁lost ▁in ▁a ▁fire ▁that ▁resulted ▁from ▁the ▁London ▁bl itz ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 0 . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁ ▁Bar ba uld ▁was ▁born ▁on ▁ 2 0 ▁June ▁ 1 7 4 3 ▁at ▁K ib worth ▁Har court ▁in ▁Le ic esters hire ▁to ▁Jane ▁and ▁John ▁A ik in . ▁She ▁was ▁named ▁after ▁her