1832 - 1911
Hesba Stretton British Novelist
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First Name |
Hesba
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Last Name |
Stretton
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Birthday |
27th July, 1832
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Birthplace |
Shropshire, England
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Died |
8th October, 1911
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Place of Death |
Ham, London, England
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Zodiac Sign |
Leo
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Nationality |
British
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Occupation Text |
Writer (novelist)
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Occupation |
Novelist
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Music Genre (Text) |
Children's Literature, Children's literature
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Hesba Stretton was the pseudonym of Sarah Smith (27 July 1832 – 8 October 1911), an Evangelical English author of religious books for children. These were highly popular. By the late 19th century Jessica's First Prayer had sold a million and a half copies – ten times more than Alice in Wonderland. She concocted "Hesba Stretton" from the initials of herself and four surviving siblings, along with the name of a Shropshire village she visited, All Stretton, where her sister Anne owned a house, Caradoc Lodge.
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