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Author: Dorothea Jones

Author: Dorothea Jones (1828–1885)

Alternate Name(s): Gwynfryn (pseudonym)

Biography: Dorothea Jones was born in 1828 in Llancynfelin, Wales, the daughter of William Tilsley Jones of Gwynfryn. Her brother was the Bishop of St. Davids. In midlife, she wrote two popular fictional works featuring animals, Friends in Fur and Feathers (1869) and The Otter's Story (1880), under the pseudonym "Gwynfryn" (the name of their family house). She never married and died on 20 March 1885 in Carmarthen.

Author Tags:

• Welsh Authors

References: British Census (1841, 1851, 1861, 1871); Probate

Fiction Titles:

1. Friends in Fur and Feathers.  1 vol.  London: Bell and Daldy, 1869.
2. The Otter's Story: Jacob's Story. Chammy and Chammietta. Our First Canary. "Chin": The Story of a Tame Chinchilla.  1 vol.  London: Walter Smith, 1880.