Amelia Opie (November 12, 1769 - December 2, 1853), England author, daughter of James Alderson, a physician in Norwich, and was born there. Miss Alderson had inherited radical principles and was an ardent admirer of John Horne Tooke. She was intimate with the John Philip Kemble and with Sarah Siddons, with William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft. In 1798 she married John Opie, the painter. The nine years of her married life were very happy, although her husband did not share her love of society. He encouraged her to write, and in 1801 she produced a novel entitled ''Father and Daughter'', which showed genuine fancy and pathos. She published a volume of graceful verse in 1802; ''Adeline Mowbray'' followed in 1804, ''Simple Tales'' in 1806, ''Temper'' in 1812, ''Tales of Real Life'' in 1813, ''Valentine's Eve'' in 1816, ''Tales of the heart'' in 1818, and ''Madeline'' in 1822. At length, in 1825, through the influence of Joseph John Gurney, she joined the Society of Friends, and beyond a volume entitled ''Detraction Displayed'', and contributions to periodicals, she wrote nothing more. The rest of her life was spent in travelling and in the exercise of charity. Mrs Opie retained her vivacity to the last, dying at Norwich on the 2nd of December 1853. A Life, by Miss CL Brightwell, was published in 1854. 1769 births 1853 deaths English novelists Quakers
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Amelia Opie (November 12, 1769 - December 2, 1853), England author, daughter of James Alderson, a physician in Norwich, and was born there. Miss Alderson had inherited radical principles and was an ardent admirer of John Horne Tooke. She was intimate with the John Philip Kemble and with Sarah Siddons, with William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft. In 1798 she married John Opie, the painter. The nine years of her married life were very happy, although her husband did not share her love of society. He encouraged her to write, and in 1801 she produced a novel entitled ''Father and Daughter'', which showed genuine fancy and pathos. She published a volume of graceful verse in 1802; ''Adeline Mowbray'' followed in 1804, ''Simple Tales'' in 1806, ''Temper'' in 1812, ''Tales of Real Life'' in 1813, ''Valentine's Eve'' in 1816, ''Tales of the heart'' in 1818, and ''Madeline'' in 1822. At length, in 1825, through the influence of Joseph John Gurney, she joined the Society of Friends, and beyond a volume entitled ''Detraction Displayed'', and contributions to periodicals, she wrote nothing more. The rest of her life was spent in travelling and in the exercise of charity. Mrs Opie retained her vivacity to the last, dying at Norwich on the 2nd of December 1853. A Life, by Miss CL Brightwell, was published in 1854. 1769 births 1853 deaths English novelists Quakers
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