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Elizabeth Frances Dagley

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Elizabeth Frances Dagley (1788–1853), sometimes publishing under her initials as E. F. D., was an English writer of children's literature in the Regency Era. She published four books.

Biography

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Dagley was the daughter of the artist and educator Richard Dagley.[1] Her writing, although for children, "articulates the problems and misery of economic insecurity".[2]

Dagley died in 1833.[3]

Published works

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  • Fairy Favours, and other tales. 1825.[4]
  • The Birthday, and other tales. 1828.[5]
  • The Village Nightingale: with other tales. 1829.[6]
  • The Young Seer or, Early Searches into Futurity. 1834.[7]

References

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  1. ^ L.A. Fagan, "Dagley, Richard (1761–1841)", revised by Katherine Coombs. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press, 2002.
  2. ^ Rebecca-Anne C. Do Rozario, Fashion in the Fairy Tale Tradition (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018), pp. 146-148.
  3. ^ "Elizabeth Frances Dagley". womensprinthistoryproject.com. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  4. ^ Dagley, Elizabeth Frances (1825). Fairy Favours, and Other Tales. W. Cole.
  5. ^ Dagley, Elizabeth Frances (1828). The Birthday: with Other Tales. James Bulcock.
  6. ^ Dagley, Elizabeth Frances (1829). The Village Nightingale; with Other Tales. N. Hailes.
  7. ^ Dagley, Elizabeth Frances (1834). The Young Seer, Or Early Searches Into Futurity. Smith, Elder & Company.