Lee, Sophia, 1750-1824

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שם ראשי (לועזית)

רמיזות

Lee, Miss (Sophia), 1750-1824

תאריך לידה

1750-05-13

תאריך פטירה

1824-03-13

מקצוע

Authors

Dramatists

Teachers

שפות קשורות

eng

מגדר

female

MARC

VIAF: 27200222

Wikidata: Q745244

Library of congress: n 82154712

מקורות מידע

Canterbury tales, 1797title page (by Sophia and Harriet Lee)
Wikipedia, 3 January 2018(Sophia Lee; Sophia Lee (1750--13 March 1824) was an English novelist, dramatist and educator; she was the daughter of John Lee (died 1781), actor and theatrical manager, and was born in London; her first piece, The Chapter of Accidents, was a three-act opera; when her father died, she spent the proceeds of the opera on establishing a school at Bath, where she made a home for her sisters Anne and Harriet; her novel The Recess, or a Tale of other Times (1783-1785) was a historical romance, and the play Almeyda, Queen of Grenada (1796) was a long tragedy in blank verse; with her sister Harriet Lee, Sophia also wrote a series of Canterbury Tales (1797); other works included The Life of a Lover (1804) and Ormond; or the Debauchee (1810); she died at her house near Clifton, Bristol)
Her Canterbury tales, 1832.
Her The chapter of accidents, 1796:t.p. (Miss Lee)

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