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Mrs. (Catherine Grace Frances) Gore
1799–1861
A sharp-eyed chronicler of fashionable 19th-century society, this prolific English novelist and dramatist became one of the best-known "silver fork" writers, turning manners, money, and social ambition into lively fiction.
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Theresa Marchmont, or, the Maid of Honour: A Tale
by Mrs. (Catherine Grace Frances) Gore
About the author
Born Catherine Grace Frances Moody and later known as Mrs. Gore, she was an English novelist and dramatist active in the early and mid-19th century. Sources consistently describe her as one of the leading "silver fork" writers, a popular genre that focused on high society, etiquette, and the social world of the Regency and early Victorian years.
She married Captain Charles Arthur Gore in 1823 and went on to build an impressively productive literary career. Her work included novels, plays, and songs, and she became especially associated with witty, observant stories about fashionable life. Among the titles most often singled out are Cecil and The Banker's Wife.
There is some variation in sources about her birth year, with both 1798 and 1799 appearing, but they agree that she died in 1861. What stands out most is her reputation for blending social satire with an insider's feel for the rituals and ambitions of polite society, making her an important popular voice of her period.