Clara M. Thompson
Clara M. Thompson | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Years active | 1854–1873 |
| Notable work | The Chapel of St. Mary (1861) |
Clara M. Thompson (b. 1830s?) was an American novelist. She also wrote under the name Clara M. Thompson Logan.[1]
Thompson wrote popular Victorian novels that were sentimental and moralistic in style, often peopled by religious characters.[2] The New York Times noted the publication of The Chapel of St. Mary in December 1860, writing that the book was "a readable one."[3]
Works[edit]
- The Rectory of Moreland: or, My Duty (1859) (first published as Mary Evans)
- The Chapel of St. Mary (1861)
- Hawthorndean, or, Philip Benton's Family: A Story of Every Day Life (1873)
References[edit]
- ^ White, Barbara A. (2013-05-07). American Women's Fiction, 1790-1870: A Reference Guide. Routledge. ISBN 9781136290923.
- ^ Murphy, Maureen (2000). "Clara M. Thompson". In Benbow-Pfalzgraf, Taryn (ed.). American women writers : a critical reference guide : from colonial times to the present (2nd ed.). Detroit: St. James Press. ISBN 9781558624290. OCLC 42027536.
- ^ "MISCELLANEOUS". The New York Times. 1860-12-22. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-10-11.
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