Dorothea Moore (author)
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1881
Dorothea Moore | |
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.png) Moore from a 1929 newspaper | |
| Born | Dorothea Mary Moore 1881 London, England |
| Died | 5 May 1933 (aged 51–52) Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Education | Cheltenham Ladies' College |
| Occupation | Author |
Dorothea Mary Moore (1881[date missing] – 5 May 1933) was an author of children's and historical novels[1] and a playwright.[2][3] She was called a "faithful portrayer of the English schoolgirl."[4] She published the first Girl Guide novel, Terry, the Girl Guide, in 1912.[5][6]
Moore was born to Rev. W Moore. She had two sisters and one brother[7] and grew up in Kingston Deverill, Wiltshire. She worked as an actress with the Alex Maclean Company in 1911 and 1912.[8][9] During World War I she volunteered with the Voluntary Aid Detachment at Malling House Hospital in Kent.[10] She was in delicate health and lived with her brother, a doctor.[11] She was a supporter of the Primrose League and a member of the Women's Writers Club.[12] She was buried at Horn Hill Church, Chalfont St. Peter.[13]
Writing
Many of Moore's books were published by S W Partridge and Co. Her works were translated into Norwegian, Swedish, Danish[14] and French.[15] She was also published in America.[16] She published The Dorothea Moore Omnibus in 1931.[17] As well as writing stand-alone books, Moore made contributions to Children's Friend magazine,[18][19] the British Girls' Annual,[20][21] the Girl's Own Paper[22] and Little Folks.[23] In 1924 she started editing a column "for cripple children in hospital wards" for The Cripples Journal.[24]
Books
Historical novels
- Mistress Dorothy (1902)[25]
- God's Bairn (1904)[26]
- Evelyn (1904)[27]
- Brown: A Story of Waterloo (1905) [28]
- Sidney Lisle; Or the Heiress of St Quentin (1905)[29]
- Elizabeth's Angel (1907)[30]
- Jepthah's Lass (1907)[31]
- Knights of the Red Cross (1907)[32]
- Pamela's Hero (1907)[33]
- My Lady Bellamy (1909)[34]
- The Luck of Ledge Point (1909)[35]
- The Christmas Children (1909)[36]
- Lady of Mettle (1910)[37]
- The Giant's Finger (1911)[38]
- Under the Wolf's Fell (1911)[39]
- Nadia to the Rescue (1912)[40]
- When the Moon is Green (1913)[41]
- A Brave little Royalist (1913)[42]
- Rosemary the Rebel (1913)[43]
- Captain Nancy (1914)[44]
- Cecily's Highwayman (1914)[45]
- Wanted: An English Girl (1916)[46]
- A Nest of Malignants (1919)[47]
- In the Reign of the Red Cap (1924)[48]
- Z House (1925)[49]
- My Lady Venturesome (1926)[50]
- Perdita, Prisoner of War (1926)[51]
- Adventurers All! (1927)[52]
- The Wrenford Tradition (1929)[53]
- Queens for Choice (1934)[54]
Schoolgirl novels
- A Plucky School Girl (1908)[55]
- The Making of Ursula (1909)[56]
- The Lucas Girls; or The Man of the Family (1911)[57]
- A Runaway Princess: Or HRH Smith at School (1912)[58]
- Septima School Girl (1914)[59]
- Schoolgirl Honour (1916)[60]
- The New Girl (1917)[61]
- The Head Girl's Sister (1918)[62]
- The Head of the Lower School (1919)[63]
- The Right Kind of Girl (1920)[64]
- The New Prefect (1921)[65]
- An Adventurous Schoolgirl (1921)[66]
- The New Girl at Pen-y-gant (1922)[67]
- Tam of Tiffany's (1923)[68]
- The Only Day Girl (1923)[69]
- A Schoolgirl Adventurer: A Story of the '45 (1927)[70]
- At Friendship's Call (1932)[71]
- Nicky of Nine Schools (1932)[72]
