| Charlotte Mary Yonge |
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She was born in Otterbourne , Hampshire , England , into a religious family background, was devoted to the Church Of England , and much influenced by John Keble , a near neighbour and one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement . Yonge is herself sometimes referred to as "the novelist of the Oxford Movement ", as her novels frequently reflect the values and concerns of Anglo-Catholicism . She began writing in 1848, and published during her long life about 100 works, chiefly novels. Her first commercial success, '' The Heir Of Redclyffe '' ( 1854 ), provided the funding to enable the schooner ''Southern Cross'' to be put into service on behalf of George Selwyn . Similar charitable works were done with the profits from later novels. Yonge was also editor, for nearly forty years, of a magazine for young ladies, the '' Monthly Packet ''. Among the best known of her works are ''The Heir of Redclyffe'', ''Heartsease'', and ''The Daisy Chain''. She also wrote ''Cameos from English History'', and ''Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands'' and ''Hannah More''. Her personal example and influence on her god-daughter, Alice Mary Coleridge, played a formative role in Coleridge's zeal for women's education and thus, indirectly, lead to the foundation of Abbots Bromley School For Girls . SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
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