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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: Sophia Love Couperthwaite

Author: Sophia Love Couperthwaite (1836–1874)

Alternate Name(s): Smith (married name)

Biography: Sophia Love Couperthwaite was born in 1836 in Lynn, Norfolk, the daughter of ironworks manager William Couperthwaite. She wrote a collection of poetry and one novel Resolution (1865) and gave public lectures. In 1873, she married Thomas Henry Smith. Unfortunately, she died a year later on 23 November 1874 in Downham Market.

References: British Census (1851, 1861, 1871)

Fiction Titles:

  1. Resolution: or, The Depth of Woman's Love.  1 vol.  London: Simpkin, 1865.