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CHARLOTTE MARY YONGE (1823--1901)

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 922 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHARLOTTE See also:MARY See also:YONGE (1823--1901)  , See also:English novelist and writer on religious and educational subjects, daughter of See also:William Crawley See also:Yonge, 52nd See also:Regiment, and Frances See also:Mary Bargus, was See also:born on the 1th of See also:August 1823 at Otterbourne, Hants . She was educated by her parents, and from them inherited much of the religious feeling and High See also:Church sympathy which coloured her See also:work . She resided at Otterbourne all her See also:life, and was one of the most prolific writers of the Victorian era . In 1841 she published five See also:works of fiction, including The See also:Clever Woman of the See also:Family, Dynevor See also:Terrace and The Trial; and after that she was the author of about 120 volumes, including novels, tales, school manuals and See also:biographies . Her first conspicuous success was attained with The See also:Heir of Redclyffe (1853), which enjoyed an enormous See also:vogue . The See also:Daisy See also:Chain (1856) continued the success; and among her other popular books may be mentioned Heartsease (1854), The See also:Young Stepmother (1861) and The See also:Dove in the See also:Eagle's See also:Nest (1866) . In more serious See also:fields of literature she published Landmarks of See also:History (three See also:series, 1852-.57) , History of See also:Christian Names (1863), Cameos of English History (1868), Life of See also:Bishop See also:Patteson (1874), English Church History for Use in See also:Schools (1883) and many others . She also edited various educational works, and was for more than See also:thirty years editor of the Monthly Packet . She died at Otterbourne on 23rd See also:March 1901 . Her books err on the See also:side of didacticism, but exercised a wide and wholesome See also:influence . The See also:money realized by the See also:early sales of The Daisy Chain was given to the See also:building of a missionary See also:college at See also:Auckland, N.Z., while a large portion of the proceeds of The Heir of Recclyffe was devoted to the missionary See also:schooner," The See also:Southern See also:Cross . " See See also:Charlotte Mary Yonge: an Appreciation, by Ethel Ro*nanes (1908) .

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