Frances Brooke

For the lady-in-waiting, married name Frances Brooke, see Frances Newton, Lady Cobham.

Frances Brooke
Frances Brooke by Catherine Read ca. 1771
Born
Frances Moore

(1724-01-12)12 January 1724
Claypole, Lincolnshire, England
Died23 January 1789(1789-01-23) (aged 65)
Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England
OccupationEnglish-Canadian writer

Frances Brooke (née Moore; 12 January 1724 – 23 January 1789) was an English novelist, essayist, playwright and translator. Hers was the first English novel known to have been written in Canada.

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