Mrs. Prosser
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Mrs. Prosser or Sophie Amelia Prosser, born Sophia Amelia Dibdin, (May 17, 1807 – February 14, 1882), was a British
author. She was known for her sentimental morality tales and fable
s.
, the daughter of Charles Dibdin the Younger and his wife Mary Bates. She was the granddaughter of the extremely prolific songwriter Charles Dibdin
, and may have inherited her productive bent from him.
On January 1, 1830, she married William Prosser, a surgeon and later a clergyman.
Prosser is buried in Bilston
, Staffordshire
, England
.
of London, England, and reprinted by that group for many years thereafter (some of the volumes are imprinted as having been published by the Leisure Hour Office, which may also have been an imprint of the Religious Tract Society).
All of her books were imprinted "By Mrs. Prosser" without any more details given.
lampooned.
United Kingdom
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author. She was known for her sentimental morality tales and fable
Fable
A fable is a succinct fictional story, in prose or verse, that features animals, mythical creatures, plants, inanimate objects or forces of nature which are anthropomorphized , and that illustrates a moral lesson , which may at the end be expressed explicitly in a pithy maxim.A fable differs from...
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Personal
Prosser was born in LondonLondon
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, the daughter of Charles Dibdin the Younger and his wife Mary Bates. She was the granddaughter of the extremely prolific songwriter Charles Dibdin
Charles Dibdin
Charles Dibdin was a British musician, dramatist, novelist, actor and songwriter. The son of a parish clerk, he was born in Southampton on or before 4 March 1745, and was the youngest of a family of 18....
, and may have inherited her productive bent from him.
On January 1, 1830, she married William Prosser, a surgeon and later a clergyman.
Prosser is buried in Bilston
Bilston
Bilston is a town in the English county of West Midlands, situated in the southeastern corner of the City of Wolverhampton. Three wards of Wolverhampton City Council cover the town: Bilston East and Bilston North, which almost entirely comprise parts of the historic Borough of Bilston, and...
, Staffordshire
Staffordshire
Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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Career
Most of Prosser's books were apparently first published by the Religious Tract SocietyReligious Tract Society
The Religious Tract Society, founded 1799, 56 Paternoster Row and 65 St. Paul's Chuchyard, was the original name of a major British publisher of Christian literature intended initially for evangelism, and including literature aimed at children, women, and the poor.The RTS is also notable for being...
of London, England, and reprinted by that group for many years thereafter (some of the volumes are imprinted as having been published by the Leisure Hour Office, which may also have been an imprint of the Religious Tract Society).
All of her books were imprinted "By Mrs. Prosser" without any more details given.
Style
The books are generally exceedingly slim novellas or collections of short stories. They are not considered of the highest literary standard, and their stilted, moralizing tone is of a sort that the author Lewis CarrollLewis Carroll
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson , better known by the pseudonym Lewis Carroll , was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, as well as the poems "The Hunting of the...
lampooned.
See also
- Religious Tract SocietyReligious Tract SocietyThe Religious Tract Society, founded 1799, 56 Paternoster Row and 65 St. Paul's Chuchyard, was the original name of a major British publisher of Christian literature intended initially for evangelism, and including literature aimed at children, women, and the poor.The RTS is also notable for being...
. - Lutterworth PressLutterworth PressThe Lutterworth Press is one of the oldest independent British publishing houses. It has been trading since the late eighteenth century initially as the Religious Tract Society...
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