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Шаблон:Short description Cornelia Richards (Шаблон:Nee, Bradley; pen name, Mrs. Manners; 1822-1892) was a 19th-century American author.[1][2]

Biography

Cornelia Holroyd Bradley was born in Hudson, New York, November 1, 1822. She was the daughter of George and Sarah (Brown) Bradley. Her siblings were George Thomas Bradley and the writer, Alice Bradley Haven.[3]

In 1841, she graduated from the Hampton Literary institute.[1]

Richards wrote under the pen name of "Mrs. Manners". She was the author of: At Home and Abroad, or How to Behave (1853); Pleasure and Profit, or Lessons on the Lord's Prayer (1853); Aspiration, an Autobiography (1856); Sedgemoor, or Home Lessons (1857); Hester and I, or Beware of Worldliness (1860); Springs of Adion (1863); and Cousin Alice (1865), a memoir of her sister, Alice B. Haven (1871).[1]

On September 21, 1841, she married Rev. William Carey Richards (1818-1892), author, poet, and scientific lecturer.[1] Their children were William (b. 1842), Herbert (b. 1849), Mabel (b. 1856), Cornelia (b. 1858), Harold (b. 1860), and Cecil (b. 1864).[4][3]

Cornelia Holroyd Bradley Richards died in Detroit, Michigan, May 1, 1892.[1]

Selected works

  • At Home and Abroad: Or, How to Behave, 1853 (text)
  • Pleasure and Profit, Or, Lessons on the Lord's Prayer: In a Series of Stories, 1853 (text)
  • Aspiration: An Autobiography of Girlhood, 1856 (text)
  • Sedgemoor, or Home Lessons, 1857 (text)
  • Hester and I; Or, Beware of Worldliness, Etc. (With Plates.), 1860 (text)
  • Springs of Adion, 1863
  • Cousin Alice: A Memoir of Alice B. Haven, 1865 (text)

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