Sarah Doudney

Sarah Doudney (Isola di Portsea, 15 gennaio 1841 – Oxford, 8 dicembre 1926) è stata una scrittrice e poetessa britannica.

Biografia

Sarah Doudney frequenta la Madame Dowell’s school, presso la città di Southsea. A quindici anni vede pubblicare la sua prima opera, The Lesson of the Water Mill su un giornale religioso anglicano denominato The Churchman’s Family Magazine. Doudney è cresciuta in una famiglia con una forte educazione religiosa e, che tra i propri membri, aveva uno zio pastore protestante noto per essere l'editore di The Gospel Magazine. Oltre a realizzare una cospicua produzione letteraria di romanzi e poesie, Doudney collabora su All the Year Round. Alla morte dei genitori, decide di trasferirsi a Oxford.

Opere

The Angels of Christmas, 1870.
Harvest Hymn, 1870.
Psalms of Life, 1871.
Under Gray Walls, 1871.
Faith Harrowby: Or the Smugglers' Cave, 1871.
Archie's Old Desk, 1872.
Self-pleasing. A New Year's Address to Senior Scholars, 1872.
The Beautiful Island, and Other Stories (the other stories by other authors), 1872.
Loser and Gainer, 1873.
Janet Darney. A Tale of Fisher-life in Thale Bay, 1873.
Wave upon Wave, 1873.
Marion's Three Crowns, 1873.
The Cottage in the Woods, and other tales, 1874.
Miss Irving's Bible, 1875.
Oliver's Oath, and How He Kept It, 1875.
The Great Salterns, 1875.
Nothing But Leaves, 1875.
The Pilot's Daughters, 1875.
Brave Seth, 1877.
Stories of Girlhood, or the Brook and the River, 1877.
Monksbury College: A Tale of Schoolgirl Life, 1878.
Faith's Revenge, 1879.
The Scarlet Satin Petticoat, 1879.
While It Is Day. A New Year's Address to Senior Scholars, 1879.
A Story of Crossport, and Other Stories, 1879.
Old Anthony's Secret, and Other Stories, 1879.
Stepping Stones, a Story of our Inner Life, 1880.
Strangers Yet. A Story, 1880.
A Child of the Precinct, 1880.
Stepping-Stones: A Story of Our Inner Life, 1880.
Anna Cavaye; or, the Ugly Princess, 1882.
Michaelmas Daisy. A Young Girl's Story, 1882.
What's in a Name?, 1883.
Miss Stepney's Fortune, 1883.
Nelly Channell, 1883.
A Woman's Glory, 1883.
The Strength of Her Youth, 1884.
A Long Lane with a Turning, 1884.
When We Two Parted. A Tale, c. 1884.
Prudence Winterburn, 1885.
Who Is the Enemy? and How He Was Discovered. A tale, 1886.
When We Were Girls Together, 1886.
The Missing Rubies, 1887.
A Son of the Morning, 1887.
Thy Heart's Desire. A Story of Girls' Lives, 1888.
Miss Willowburn's Offer, 1888.
The Vicar of Redcross; Or, Till Death Us Do Part, 1888.
Under False Colours, 1889.
Where the Dew Falls in London. A Story of a Sanctuary, 1889.
Christmas Angels (in verse), 1890.
The Family Difficulty: The Story of a Young Samaritan, 1891.
Godiva Durleigh, 1891.
Where Two Ways Meet, etc., 1891.
Drifting Leaves, 1892.
My Message, 1892.
Voices in the Starlight, 1892.
The Love-Dream of Gatty Fenning. A Tale, 1892.
Through Pain to Peace, 1892.
A Romance Of Lincoln's Inn, 1893.
Violets for Faithfulness (verse), 1893.
Louie's Married Life, 1894.
Katherine's Keys. A Tale, 1896.
A Vanished Hand, 1896.
Bitter and Sweet. A Story, 1896.
Pilgrims of the Night, 1897.
Lady Dye's Reparation, 1901.
Silent Strings, 1904.
One of the Few, 1904.
A Cluster of Roses, 1906.
Shadow and Shine, 1906.
When My Ship Comes Home, 1906.
Thistle-Down.
My Wish for Thee.
Con Bond Andrews, The Lesson of the Water Mill.