Catherine Gore facts for kids
Catherine Grace Frances Gore (born February 12, 1798 – died January 29, 1861) was a very busy English writer. She wrote many novels and plays. She was known for writing about the fancy lives of rich people in England during the time called the Regency era. Her father was a wine merchant from Retford, Nottinghamshire.
Catherine's Early Life and Marriage
Catherine was born in London in 1798. She was the youngest child of Charles and Mary Moody. Her father passed away when she was very young. Her mother remarried in 1801 to a doctor named Charles D. Nevinson. Because of this, some people called Catherine "Miss Nevinson." Even when she was young, Catherine loved to write. People even gave her the nickname "the Poetess."
On February 15, 1823, Catherine married Lieutenant Charles Arthur Gore. He was a soldier in the 1st Regiment of Life Guards. They got married at St George's, Hanover Square. Charles Gore stopped working as a soldier later that same year. Catherine and Charles had ten children together. Sadly, eight of them died when they were young. Their son, Augustus Frederick Wentworth Gore, grew up to become a Captain. One of their daughters, Cecilia Anne Mary, married Lord Edward Thynne in 1853.
Catherine's Writing Career
Catherine Gore's first novel, Theresa Marchmont, or The Maid of Honour, came out in 1824. She became very successful with her novel Pin Money, which was published in 1831. But her most famous book was Cecil, or Adventures of a Coxcomb, published in 1841.
Catherine was also a successful playwright. She wrote eleven plays that were performed on the London stage. Even though her plays were popular, her witty novels were even more famous. Some of her plays include The School for Coquettes (1831) and Quid Pro Quo (1844).
The Gore family lived mostly in other countries in Continental Europe. Catherine supported her family by writing a huge number of books. Between 1824 and 1862, she wrote about 70 different works! Her most successful books were about the fashionable lives of English people. These included Manners of the Day (1830), Cecil, or the Adventures of a Coxcomb, and The Banker's Wife (1843).
She also wrote articles for a magazine called Bentley's Miscellany. For these articles, she used a different name, "Albany Poyntz." Besides writing, she also composed music.
When Catherine Gore passed away in 1861, a newspaper called The Times wrote about her. They said she was "the best novel writer of her class and the wittiest woman of her age." This means she was considered the best at writing the kind of novels she did, and the funniest woman of her time.
See also
- Jane Austen
- Susan Edmonstone Ferrier
