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Louisa Parr
d. 1903
A prolific Victorian novelist, she wrote lively stories about family life, social pressures, and the quiet dramas of everyday people. Some of her early work appeared 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 became known as Louisa Parr and built a steady career as a British novelist in the late nineteenth century.
Her first published story appeared in 1868, and she went on to write many novels as well as criticism and essays. She published both under her own name and under the pseudonym Mrs Olinthus Lobb, a detail that still makes her stand out among Victorian writers.
Parr died on November 2, 1903. She is remembered for fiction centered on domestic life and social character, along with her place in the broad, busy world of Victorian popular literature.