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Annie Frances Perram
A little-known Victorian writer whose surviving work centers on everyday people, moral choices, and the damage alcohol can do to family life. Her stories are direct, earnest, and shaped by the social reform spirit of the late 19th century.
1 Audiobook
For John's Sake, and Other Stories.
by Annie Frances Perram
About the author
Annie Frances Perram was a British writer active in the late 19th century. A Project Gutenberg edition of For John's Sake, and Other Stories identifies her as the author of That Boy Mick, Go Work, and The Opposite House, showing that she published multiple works rather than a single isolated title.
Her best-known available book today is For John's Sake, and Other Stories, a collection published in London by the Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School Union. In its prefatory note, the book presents its stories as grounded in real-life observation, and the collection focuses strongly on temperance, domestic hardship, and the risks of alcohol in ordinary lives.
Very little firmly documented biographical information appears to be easily available online, so many personal details about her life remain unclear. What does come through clearly is her interest in writing fiction with a moral and social purpose, especially for readers concerned with reform, faith, and family life in Victorian Britain.