Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823-1901) was a prolific British novelist and magazine editor, best known for her work in children's literature. She taught Sunday school for seventy-one years and her novels express the same values she shared with her students-courage and self-sacrifice for a greater good.
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The Heir of Redclyffe (1853) was the first of Charlotte M. Yonge's bestselling romantic novels. Its religious tone derives from the High Church background of her family and from her friendship with a leading figure in the Oxford Movement, John Keble, who ... SEE MORE