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J. A. (Jane Alice) Sargant
A prolific 19th-century British writer, she produced religious and conservative works across many forms, from children’s stories and poetry to biographies, plays, and political pamphlets. Her writing often aimed to instruct as much as entertain, reflecting the moral and social debates of her time.
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Joan of Arc: A Play in Five Acts
by J. A. (Jane Alice) Sargant
About the author
Jane Alice Sargant (1789–1869) was a British author whose work ranged widely across poetry, children’s fiction, biography, drama, conduct literature, and political pamphlets. Sources consistently describe her as a strongly religious and conservative writer, active mainly in the first half of the 19th century.
She was born Jane Alice Smith in the Isle of Ely, the daughter of surgeon John Smith and Eleanor Moore. Reference sources also note that she wrote over several decades, with publications appearing from the 1810s into the 1850s.
Sargant’s books and pamphlets were shaped by Christian moral teaching and by the social concerns of her era. Even where biographical detail is limited, the surviving record suggests a writer deeply engaged with questions of faith, education, family life, and public duty.