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Sophia Lee

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

Of Grenada (1796), a tragedy in blank verse; she also contributed to her sister's Canterbury Tales (1797). She died at her house near Clifton on the 13th of March 1824.

Her sister, Harriet Lee (1757-1851), published in 1786 a novel written in letters, The Errors of Innocence. Clara Lennox followed in 1797. Her chief work is the Canterbury Tales (1797-1805), a series of twelve stories which became very popular. Lord Byron dramatized one of the tales, "Kruitzner," as Werner, or the Inheritance. She died at Clifton on the 1st of August 1851.

Bibliography Information
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Sophia Lee'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​s/sophia-lee.html. 1910.