Hannah More (feb 2, 1745 – sep 7, 1833)
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She was an English religious writer and philanthropist, remembered as a poet and playwright, as a writer on moral and religious subjects, and as a practical philanthropist. She became involved with the London literary elite as a leading Bluestocking member. Her plays and poetry became more evangelical and she joined a group campaigning against the slave trade. She was born and then died in Bristol.
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Passions, Reason, and Happiness in Eighteenth-Century Sentimental Fiction
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