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Charlotte Turner Smith

Charlotte Turner Smith wrote ten novels, three poetry collections, four children's books and reshaped sonnet writing. By her death in 1803, she was in debt and out of favour.

New Generation Thinker Sophie Coulombeau argues that we should salute this woman who supported her family through her writing, who perfected sonnets about solitude before Wordsworth began writing his, and who explored the struggles of women and refugees in her fiction. Mother to 12 children, Charlotte Turner Smith wrote ten novels, three poetry collections and four children's books and translated French fiction. In 1788 her first novel, Emmeline, sold 1500 copies within months but by the time of her death in 1803 her popularity had declined and she had become destitute.

New Generation Thinkers is a scheme run by Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council to work with academics to turn their research into radio.

Producer: Robyn Read

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14 minutes

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Mon 18 Jul 2022 22:45

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  • Mon 2 Mar 2020 22:45
  • Mon 18 Jul 2022 22:45

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