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Louisa Parr
d. 1903
A Victorian novelist with a sharp eye for everyday life, she wrote popular fiction that reached readers in Britain and beyond. Some of her earliest success came under the pen name Mrs Olinthus Lobb.
1 Audiobook
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
About the author
Born Louisa Sarah Ann Taylor in London around 1848, she spent much of her early life in Plymouth, where her father served as a naval officer. She later married and became known as Louisa Parr, though she also published under the pseudonym Mrs Olinthus Lobb.
Her first notable success came with a short story published in Good Words in 1868. From there she built a steady career as a novelist and writer of stories, producing works such as Dorothy Fox, Robin, and The Prescotts of Pamphillon. Her fiction was well enough known to be translated and discussed during her lifetime.
Parr died on November 2, 1903. Though she is less widely read today than some of her Victorian contemporaries, she remains an interesting figure among nineteenth-century women writers, especially for readers curious about popular fiction of the period.