Joy Dunicliff has lived in Uttoxeter, East Staffordshire,
England, for more than 50 years, where she is the local historian. She is an
expert on Uttoxeter’s most famous nineteenth-century resident, Mary Howitt, and
has previously published the Traveller on the Hill-top: Mary Howitt, the Famous
Victorian Authoress and Mary Howitt Another Lost Victorian Author . Identifying
with Mary for many reasons, viz women’s rights, writing and the gentry of the
area, the study of these subjects drove Joy Dunicliff to write a fresh new
biography centered around Mary Howitt’s conversion from the Quaker faith to
that of a Roman Catholic not long before her death. We are honored to have her
join our group of authors at St. Clair Publications. She is represented by Nucleus Agency.
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Quaker to Catholic: Mary Howitt, Lost Author of the 19th Century
Book Synopsis:
Quaker to Catholic: Mary Howitt, Lost Author of the 19th Century, is a fascinating look
inside the life of one of the most endearing figures of Nineteenth Century England. Best
known for her classic children’s poem, the Spider and the Fly, She was a close friend of
such figures as Charles Dickens, William Wordsworth and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, she
introduced the English version of Hans Christian Anderson’s tales by translating them from
Danish.
She and her dedicated husband, William, helped get many well known authors of their day into
print. A great champion of women’s rights and abolition of the slave trade, she became
friends and an associate of Hariett Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Uneasy
with the practices of the Quakers in relation to clothing and rights of women, she finally
converted to Catholicism before her death in 1888 at the age of 89.
208 pages
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Joy Dunicliff
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Redfern Cottage: Museum of Uttoxeter Life in Carter Street Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, UK |
Thursday, November 11, 2010 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM | |