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Mrs. M. E. Bewsher
A Victorian writer of moral and historical tales for young readers, she built her stories around danger, resilience, and hard-won kindness. Her books include adventurous titles such as Catharine's Peril and The Little Ballet Girl.
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Catharine's peril : or, The little Russian girl lost in a forest; and other stories
by Mrs. M. E. Bewsher
About the author
Mrs. M. E. Bewsher wrote fiction for younger readers in the late 19th century. Reliable bibliographic sources identify her as Margaretta Eliza Bewsher, and record works including The Gipsy's Secret: or, Deb's Revenge, and What Came of It and The Little Ballet Girl: Founded on Fact.
Her surviving books suggest a taste for dramatic plots with a strong moral thread. Catharine's Peril places a young girl in the turmoil of Napoleon's invasion of Russia, while other titles point to an interest in courage, hardship, and character tested by unusual circumstances.
Some biographical details are available, but the record is still quite thin. A Victorian fiction reference notes that her husband died in 1878, that she later moved to Bromley, and that she died there on October 2, 1907. I wasn’t able to confirm a suitable portrait image from the sources I checked, so none is included here.