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Caroline Pridham
A 19th-century English writer for children, she is best known today for simple, faith-centered books that explained Bible themes in an accessible way. Her surviving work has a gentle, instructive style that reflects the religious reading culture of Victorian Britain.
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Twilight and Dawn; Or, Simple Talks on the Six Days of Creation
by Caroline Pridham
About the author
Born in Chester, England, Caroline Pridham wrote for young readers and is remembered for religious and educational books. The Plymouth Brethren Archive describes her as a children's writer and notes that in 1839 she married Thomas L. Pridham, a surgeon and coroner in Devon.
After her first husband's death, she later remarried, becoming the third wife of Lewis Gorham Wait. Some of her books were published under the name Caroline Pridham, while others identify her as Mrs. Lewis G. Wait.
Her best-known surviving title is Twilight and Dawn; Or, Simple Talks on the Six Days of Creation, which has been preserved by Project Gutenberg. That book shows the clear, explanatory approach that seems to have shaped her writing for younger audiences.