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Frances Clare
A little-known Victorian-era writer, Frances Clare is associated with children’s fiction and moral tales published in the 1880s. The surviving record is sparse, which gives her work a quiet sense of mystery for modern readers.
1 Audiobook
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
Frances Clare appears to have been a 19th-century author whose life dates are not clearly established in the sources available here. A reference from At the Circulating Library identifies her as the author of children's books including A Child's Pilgrimage: A Series of Allegorical and Other Tales for Children (1886) and A Store of Stories: For Children (1888).
Because reliable biographical information is limited, it is safest to describe her as an obscure Victorian writer known through her published works rather than through a well-documented personal history. Her titles suggest a focus on fiction for young readers, with an emphasis on storytelling and moral or allegorical themes that were common in late 19th-century children's literature.
No confirmed portrait could be verified from the sources reviewed for this overview.