Sophia Lee

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Sophia Lee (born May 13, 1750 in London , † March 13, 1824 in Clifton, now the city of Bristol ) was an English writer.

life and work

Sophia Lee was a daughter of the actor John Lee ( Covent Garden Theater) and older sister of Harriet Lee, who was also a writer .

On August 5, 1780 , she performed the comedy The Chapter of Accidents, based on Denis Diderot's Le père de famille , with applause at the Haymarket Theater in London. In 1781 she moved to Bath with her sister Harriet and used the proceeds of her play to found a girls' high school, which she headed for many years. In 1785 she published one of the earliest English historical novels, The Recess, or a Tale of Other Times , which has a somber tendency and gained considerable circulation. In 1796 she wrote the tragedy Almeyda, Queen of Granada , which was also successful. She also wrote the short stories The Young Lady's Tale and The Clergyman's Tale , which are considered by many for their best achievements, for the Canterbury Tales (5 vols., 1797-1805) edited by her sister Harriet , soon a favorite reading of the English public. In 1804 she published The Life of a Lover , a novel in six volumes.

In 1803 Sophia Lee had given up the leadership of the girls' school in Bath. She spent her remaining years in seclusion and settled in Clifton near Bristol in 1812, where she died on March 13, 1824 at the age of 73.

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SURNAME Lee, Sophia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1750
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH March 13, 1824
Place of death Bristol