Hesba Stretton Ein dorniger Pfad viktorianische moralische Geschichten religiöse Traktatgesellschaft 1893
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A Thorny Path by Hesba Stretton, writer of moral tales for children, School prize plate inside dated 1893. Lovely condition Hesba Stretton was the pseudonym of Sarah Smith (27 July 1832 – 8 October 1911), an evangelical English author of religious books for children. These were highly popular. By the late 19th century Jessica's First Prayer had sold a million and a half copies – ten times more than Alice in Wonderland. She concocted "Hesba Stretton" from the initials of herself and four surviving siblings, along with the name of a Shropshire village she visited, All Stretton, where her sister Anne owned a house, Caradoc Lodge.
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