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SOPHIA LEE (1950-1824)

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 364 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SOPHIA See also:LEE (1950-1824)  , See also:English novelist and dramatist, daughter of See also:John See also:Lee (d . 1781), actor and theatrical manager, was See also:born in See also:London . Her first piece, The See also:Chapter of Accidents, a one-See also:act-See also:opera based on See also:Diderot's Pere de famille, was produced by See also:George See also:Colman at the Haymarket See also:Theatre on the 5th of See also:August 1780 . The proceeds were spent in establishing a school at See also:Bath, where See also:Miss Lee made a See also:home for her sisters . Her subsequent productions included The See also:Recess, or a See also:Tale of other Times (1785), a See also:historical See also:romance; and Almeyda, See also:Queen of See also:Grenada (1796), a tragedy in See also:blank See also:verse; she also contributed to her See also:sister's See also:Canterbury Tales (1797) . She died at her See also:house near See also:Clifton on the 13th of See also:March 1824 . Her sister, HARRIET LEE (1757-1851), published in 1786 a novel written in letters, The Errors of Innocence . See also:Clara See also:Lennox followed in 1797 . Her See also:chief See also:work is the Canterbury Tales (1797-1805), a See also:series of twelve stories which became very popular . See also:Lord See also:Byron dramatized one of the tales, " Kruitzner," as See also:Werner, or the See also:Inheritance . She died at Clifton on the 1st of August 1851 .

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