Charlotte Smith — a remark

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“The greater part of the following poems were written during a period of considerable difficulty and distress.”

Linking poetic composition with hardship and emotional endurance · Preface to Elegiac Sonnets

About Charlotte Smith

Charlotte Smith

4 May 1749–28 October 1806

Charlotte Smith was born Charlotte Turner in London on 4 May 1749 and died at Tilford, near Farnham in Surrey, on 28 October 1806. During her lifetime she was known not only as a poet but as one of the most productive and commercially important writers in Britain. She published poetry, novels, children’s books…

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