Elizabeth Frances Dagley (1788–1853), sometimes publishing under her initials as E. F. D., was an English writer of
children's literature
Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. In addition to conventional literary genres, modern children's literature is classified by the intended age of the reade ...
in the
Regency Era
The Regency era of British history is commonly understood as the years between and 1837, although the official regency for which it is named only spanned the years 1811 to 1820. King George III first suffered debilitating illness in the lat ...
. She published four books.
Biography
Dagley was the daughter of the artist and educator
Richard Dagley. Her writing, although for children, "articulates the problems and misery of economic insecurity".
Dagley died in 1833.
Published works
* ''Fairy Favours, and other tales''. 1825.
* ''The Birthday, and other tales''. 1828.
* ''The Village Nightingale: with other tales''. 1829.
* ''The Young Seer or, Early Searches into Futurity''. 1834.
References
1788 births
1853 deaths
19th-century English writers
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