Catherine Gore
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"Mary Hargood could much more easily picture to herself Zenobia in chains, Medea hanging over her cauldron, Regulus surveying his torture - cask, or Jason charming the dragon, than bring before her mind's eye a living landscape of wood and wold."--Progress and Prejudice (1854) by Catherine Gore |
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Catherine Grace Frances Gore (née Moody; 12 February 1798 – 29 January 1861), a prolific English novelist and dramatist, was the daughter of a wine merchant from Retford, Nottinghamshire. She became among the best known of the silver fork writers, who depicted gentility and etiquette in the high society of the Regency period.
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