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Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
1823–1901
A prolific English novelist of the Victorian era, she wrote with strong religious convictions and a gift for family stories that kept generations of readers turning pages. Her best-known book, The Heir of Redclyffe, became a major success and helped make her one of the most widely read writers of her day.
70 Audiobooks
The Clever Woman of the Family
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Dynevor Terrace; Or, The Clue of Life — Volume 1
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
John Keble's Parishes: A History of Hursley and Otterbourne
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
My Young Alcides: A Faded Photograph
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
The Herd Boy and His Hermit
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Scenes and Characters, or, Eighteen Months at Beechcroft
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
The Two Guardians or, Home in This World
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Young Folks' History of Rome
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
That Stick
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
History of France
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
A Modern Telemachus
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
The Caged Lion
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Unknown to History: A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scotland
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
The Little Duke: Richard the Fearless
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
The Two Sides of the Shield
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Grisly Grisell; Or, The Laidly Lady of Whitburn: A Tale of the Wars of the Roses
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
The Pillars of the House; Or, Under Wode, Under Rode, Vol. 1 (of 2)
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Magnum Bonum; Or, Mother Carey's Brood
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Life of John Coleridge Patteson : Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
The Heir of Redclyffe
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
The Chosen People: A Compendium of Sacred and Church History for School-Children
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
A Book of Golden Deeds
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Beechcroft at Rockstone
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
The Chaplet of Pearls
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
The Stokesley Secret
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Countess Kate
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
The Pigeon Pie
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Captivating Bible Stories for Young People, Written in Simple Language
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
The Prince and the Page: A Story of the Last Crusade
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Two Penniless Princesses
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Under the Storm
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign: A Book of Appreciations
by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant, Mrs. Alexander, E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton, Edna Lyall, Katharine S. (Katharine Sarah) Macquoid, Emma Marshall, Louisa Parr, Adeline Sergeant, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
The Armourer's Prentices
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
The Dove in the Eagle's Nest
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
The Long Vacation
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
More Bywords
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Love and Life: An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
What books to lend and what to give
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Lady Hester; Or, Ursula's Narrative
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Heartsease; Or, The Brother's Wife
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
The Pillars of the House; Or, Under Wode, Under Rode, Vol. 2 (of 2)
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
A Reputed Changeling; Or, Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Friarswood Post Office
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
The Young Step-Mother; Or, A Chronicle of Mistakes
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Sowing and Sewing: A Sexagesima Story
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Henrietta's Wish; Or, Domineering
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
The Lances of Lynwood
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Pioneers and Founders or, Recent Workers in the Mission field
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Chantry House
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
The Armourer's Prentices
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Young Folks' History of England
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
The Three Brides
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Stray Pearls: Memoirs of Margaret De Ribaumont, Viscountess of Bellaise
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Old Times at Otterbourne
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Nuttie's Father
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
The Trial; Or, More Links of the Daisy Chain
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Charlotte M. Yonge
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Abbeychurch; Or, Self-Control and Self-Conceit
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
The Carbonels
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Modern Broods; Or, Developments Unlooked For
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Dynevor Terrace; Or, The Clue of Life — Volume 2
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
History of Christian names
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Pikku herttua eli Rikhard Pelkäämätön
by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
Stories jolly: stories new: stories strange & stories true : A series of new and original tales for boys and girls from six to fourteen years old
by H. C. (Henry Cadwallader) Adams, R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne, S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould, Fanny Barry, Frances Clare, Alice Corkran, George Manville Fenn, Agnes Giberne, Mrs. A. M. Goodhart, G. A. (George Alfred) Henty, Katharine S. (Katharine Sarah) Macquoid, Mrs. Molesworth, Helen A. Wilmot-Buxton, Emma Wood, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
About the author
Born in Otterbourne, Hampshire, on August 11, 1823, Charlotte Mary Yonge grew up in a deeply religious Anglican household and spent much of her life in the same village. She was closely influenced by John Keble and the Oxford Movement, and she saw her writing as part of her service to the church.
Yonge was remarkably productive, publishing novels, historical works, essays, and writing for young readers. Her fiction often centers on family life, moral choices, faith, and duty, and her most famous novel, The Heir of Redclyffe (1853), brought her a wide readership. She also took a serious interest in education, missionary work, and social questions including public health.
She died in Otterbourne on March 24, 1901. Today she is remembered as one of the most significant popular Anglican novelists of the 19th century, with a body of work that offers a vivid window into Victorian religious life, domestic ideals, and the tastes of her readers.