The child now shewed her a narrow and rugged descent, made by cutting the red clay and stones, of which the cliffs are here composed, into a sort of rude steps.
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In the course of her education she had gone through the history usually put into the hands of young people... now her ripened reason gave to her present study at least the advantage of novelty.
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| Birth: | 4th May, 1749 |
| Death: | 28th October, 1806 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Novelist, Poet |
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Charlotte Turner Smith was born in London, England. She was an English poet and novelist. Charlotte joined Benjamin in debtor's prison, where she wrote her first book of poetry, Elegiac Sonnets. Smith was a successful writer, publishing ten novels, three books of poetry, four children's books, and other assorted works, over the course of her career.
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