Hesba Stretton
(1832-1911)
British writer
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Hesba Stretton was the pseudonym of Sarah Smith (27 July 1832 – 8 October 1911), an Evangelical English author of religious books for children. These were highly popular. By the late 19th century Jessica's First Prayer had sold a million and a half copies – ten times more than Alice in Wonderland. She concocted "Hesba Stretton" from the initials of herself and four surviving siblings, along with the name of a Shropshire village she visited, All Stretton, where her sister Anne owned a house, Caradoc Lodge.
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27 July 1832 Shropshire, England
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| Died |
8 October 1911 (aged 79) Ham, London, England
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| Zodiac | Leo |
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