Opie, Amelia, 1769-1853

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Birth 1769-11-12
Death 1853-12-02
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Opie was an English Quaker author.

From the description of ALS, [18]52 May 26 : Norwich [Eng.] to "Dear friend" / A. Opie. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 46956520

Amelia Opie was an English Quaker.

From the description of ALS, 1824 September 29, Norwich, [Eng.] / Amelia Opie. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 262363074

Amelia Opie, née Alderson, English novelist and poet.

From the guide to the Amelia Opie manuscript material : 205 items, 1795-1853, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.)

Amelia Alderson Opie (1769-1853) was an English novelist and poet.

From the description of Correspondence of Amelia Alderson Opie, 1794-1854 (bulk 1820-1840). (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122545586

Copious novelist and wife of John Opie, a painter. Satirized by T. L. Peacock as Miss Poppyseed, "an indefatiguable compounder of novels."

From the description of Amelia Opie letter to unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1847 May 5? (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 191870810

The writer and poet Amelia Alderson Opie (1769-1853) was a native of Norwich; her works include The Father and daughter, Adeline Mowbray, and Madeline. In 1798 she married the painter John Opie (1761-1807). Originally a Unitarian, she became a Quaker in 1825, and was active in the anti-slavery movement.

From the description of Amelia Alderson Opie Albums, ca. 1825-1853. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 79418835

Opie was an English author, best known for her novel Adeline Mowbary (1804). She married the English painter John Opie in 1798.

From the description of [Letter] 1828 Mar. 7, Brooke House [to] "My dear friend" / Amelia Opie. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 314411031

Quaker novelist and poet.

From the description of Autograph letter signed, 1837 Apr. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609732

From the description of Autograph letter in third person, 1816 Jan. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609697

Opie is an English Quaker author.

From the description of ALS, 1842 May 16, [Eng.] to "My dear Robert" / A. Opie. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 42056814

English author.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : "Castle Meadow, Norwich", to an unidentified friend, 1850 Jun. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609862

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Norwich, to an unidentified correspondent in Barley Wood, 1828 Feb. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270610624

Amelia Alderson Opie was a successful English author. Her output was diverse, but she is generally considered a novelist of manners, and her best observations are on an individual's interaction with society. Through her father and later her husband, painter John Opie, she met many notable people of her day. After her husband's death she became a Quaker, and gradually abandoned her writing career in favor of producing religious tracts and working for social reform.

From the description of Amelia Alderson Opie letters, 1834-1851. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 54667702

Amelia Opie is an English Quaker author.

From the description of ALS, 1838 August 4, [Eng.?] to Friend Box / A. Opie. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 363304268

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  • English poetry
  • English poetry
  • Poets, English
  • Poets, English
  • Poets, English
  • Novelists, English
  • Novelists, English
  • Women poets
  • Quakers
  • Quakers
  • Quakers
  • Short stories, English
  • Women authors, English

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  • Great Britain (as recorded)
  • England (as recorded)
  • Great Britain (as recorded)