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Elizabeth Pinchard
Elizabeth Pinchard ''née'' Sibthorpe (floruit, fl. 1791 – 1820), was an English writer of children's fiction whose stories incorporated moral lessons aimed at older girls. She was recognised above all for ''The Blind Child'', her first and most successful novel. Writing Pinchard’s children’s books were "didactic".Turner, ''Living by the Pen: Women Writers in the Eighteenth Century'', Routledge 2002 She admired the writers Barbauld and Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis, Genlis, who put education ahead of fantasy, and she aspired to emulate their work.Pinchard's preface to ''The Blind Child'', 1791 In her preface to ''The Blind Child, or Anecdotes of the Wyndham Family'' (1791) she outlined her hopes to "awaken in the rising generation" a "lively wish for goodness". In this particular novel she emphasised that "excessive softness of heart" is not "true sensibility". After the novel’s blind heroine has her sight restored by surgery, the doctor praises her sister f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Pinchard's Island was one of the communities that comprise an area on the northeast coast of the Island of Newfoundland, called Bonavista North. These communities have a shared history in that they were settled by people from England, predominantly from the West Country - Dorset, Devon Somerset and Hampshire. Geography Pinchard's Island is situated at the northern edge of Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Newfoundland about 5 km from Cape Freels, Newfoundland and Labrador, Cape Freels. It is located near excellent fishing grounds to its east and on its south there are islets that provide shelter and protection to small boats. Pinchard's Island was one of the first settled sites in Bonavista Bay but is no longer inhabited.''Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador'' History The earliest people on Pinchard's Island were probably sent over by West Country English firms to do trading at Greenspond. The first and most common family names on Pinchard's Island were: Norri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
