Brooke, Frances (1724 - 1789)
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| Short name | Brooke, Frances |
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| VIAF | http://viaf.org/viaf/5193747 |
| First name | Frances |
| Birth name | Brooke |
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| Alternative name | Frances Moore — Mary Singleton |
| Date of birth | 1724 |
| Date of death | 1789 |
| Flourishing | - |
| Sex | Female |
| Place of birth | Claypole |
| Place of death | Sleaford |
| Lived in | London , England , Canada |
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| Religion / ideology | Protestant |
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| Aristocratic title | - |
| Professional or ecclesiastical title | - |
Brooke, Frances was ...
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| Place(s) of Residence | London , England , Canada |
Author of
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| Old Maid (1755) | 1 | 0 |
Letters from Juliet Lady Catesby, to her friend, Lady Henrietta Campley. Translated from the French
(1760)
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0 | 0 |
| History of Lady Julia Mandeville (1763) | 24 | 1 |
| History of Emily Montague (1769) | 20 | 3 |
| Memoirs of the Marquis de St.Forlaix (1770) | 0 | 0 |
| All's right at last; or, the history of Miss West (1774) | 6 | 0 |
| The Excursion (1777) | 6 | 0 |
| The siege of Sinope: a tragedy (1781) | 0 | 0 |
| Rosina (1783) | 0 | 0 |
| Marian (1788) | 0 | 0 |
| The history of Charles Mandeville (1790) | 0 | 0 |
| *Louisa et Maria | 1 | 0 |
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Receptions of Brooke, Frances, the person
For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.
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| Catherine Read, portrait of Frances Moore Brooke, ca. 1771. | Read, Catherine | 1771 | is portrait of |
Mentioned in: - Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992: She moved to Canada - Offen, European feminisms, 2000, 189 Cf. Faye Hammill, Literary Culture and Female Authorship in Canada 1760-2000. Amsterdam/New York, 2003.
Sister of author Henri Brooke.
Simon 1996, p.169: Her own work shows the influence of Mme Riccoboni.
Translator from French.