Louisa Emily Dobrée facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Louisa Emily Dobrée
Born	c. 1852 Tours, France
Died	1917
Occupation	writer
Language	English
Nationality	French
Period	1877–1917
Genre	novels fugitive articles short stories juvenile literature
Subject	home nursing domestic and personal hygiene etiquette character sketches embroidery natural history
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Louisa Emily Dobrée (c. 1852 – 1917) was a 19th-century-born French-Irish Catholic writer of novels, fugitive articles, short stories, and juvenile literature. Her non-fiction subjects ranged from home nursing, domestic and personal hygiene, etiquette, character sketches, and embroidery, to natural history.

Biography

Louisa Emily Dobrée was born in Tours, France, c. 1852. She was of Irish descent on her mother's side, while her father's family, of Guernsey, was originally French.

Dobrée's first story was published when she was nineteen. This was followed by fugitive articles and short stories in magazines. She also wrote books for young people, among which are the following:— Loved into Shape, Dreams and Deeds, Terry, One Talent Only, A Knotless Thread, Underneath the Surface, A Lowly Life with a Lofty Aim, and Turned to Gold, as well as Hugh Templar's motto, Underneath the Surface. A Sark Story, Leon and the Lessons He Learned. A Jersey Story, and Only Johnny Brown. These were published at intervals of sometimes great length.

In 1887, Dobrée was received into the Catholic Church, and her books thereafter included:— A Manual of Home Nursing, Stories on the Sacraments, A Seven-Fold Treasure, Per Parcel Post, A Tug-of War, Stories on the Beatitudes, Beautiful Sewing, and Plain Work, among others. She was on the staff and an occasional contributor to twenty magazines, the subjects on which she wrote upon including home nursing, domestic and personal hygiene, etiquette, character sketches, embroidery, plain work, and natural history.

Dobrée lived a great deal in the Channel Islands, France, and Ireland, besides having paid visits, long and short, to Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, and Germany. She later lived at Chiswick, near London. The scenes of her stories were always set in Europe.

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