SL
contributed items to the three earlier volumes of Canterbury Tales, of which her sister Harriet
wrote the rest.
Lee, Sophia. “Introduction”. The Recess, edited by April Alliston, University Press of Kentucky, p. ix - lii.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Sophia Lee
SL
had one elder and two younger sisters. One of them, Harriet
, became a playwright and novelist like herself.
Intertextuality and Influence
Mary Lamb
M. B.'s purpose in story-telling is not moral improvement but making little girls feel better (the youngest is seven): cheering them up since, newly sent to boarding school, they are crying for home; alleviating their...