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M. E. (Mary Emma) Drewsen
1847–1923
A Victorian writer of gentle, faith-centered stories for children, she wrote about family life, hardship, and kindness in ways that still feel warm and readable. Her books often bring ordinary young people to the center of the story.
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Wood Cottage : or, Sheltered at last
by M. E. (Mary Emma) Drewsen
About the author
Born in Ipswich in 1847, Mary Emma Drewsen, née Burton, was the daughter of a bookbinder and printer. In 1872 she married Julius E. Drewsen, a Danish-born draughtsman, and the couple later lived in Glasgow and had three children.
Drewsen wrote a run of novels for younger readers during the late nineteenth century. Known titles include Ben and Kit, Rose, Robin, and Little May, Gracie and Grant, The Old House and Its Little Inmates, Wood Cottage: or, Sheltered at Last, Fisher Dan's Little Friend, and Henrik's Forest Home. Her fiction was aimed at children and young adults, with a strong interest in home life, moral growth, and Christian feeling.
She died in Birkenhead in 1923. Although she is not widely known today, her work has remained in circulation through reprints and digitized editions, including Wood Cottage on Project Gutenberg.