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Grace Stebbing
1840–1936
A prolific Victorian storyteller, she wrote historical adventures, moral tales, and magazine pieces for young readers while giving part of her earnings to charity. Her long writing life grew out of a strikingly literary family and a deep commitment to religious and social duty.
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Zoo'n lastige jongen
by Grace Stebbing
About the author
Grace Stebbing was born in London in 1840, one of the many children of the Rev. Henry Stebbing, a clergyman, poet, and editor. She came from a notably bookish family: her siblings included journalist William Stebbing, zoologist Thomas R. R. Stebbing, and novelist Beatrice Batty. Sources describe her as an ardent churchwoman who never married and who devoted a tithe of her earnings to charitable causes.
She wrote widely for family and religious periodicals, including Girl's Own Paper, The Quiver, and The Sunday at Home. Alongside that magazine work, she produced dozens of books for younger readers, especially historical novels, school stories, and morally shaped tales for boys and girls. Modern reference sources regularly describe her as a prolific Victorian author.
What makes her especially interesting now is the range of her work: adventure stories, domestic fiction, biographies, and fiction aimed at guiding as well as entertaining young readers. Her books reflect the values of her era, but they also show the energy of a writer who kept publishing over many decades and left behind a large body of popular reading.