Clara M. Thompson

For the psychoanalyst, see Clara Thompson.
Clara M. Thompson
NationalityAmerican
OccupationNovelist
Years active1854–1873
Notable workThe Chapel of St. Mary (1861)

Clara M. Thompson (b. 1830s?) was an American novelist. She also wrote under the name Clara M. Thompson Logan.[1]

Thompson wrote popular Victorian novels that were sentimental and moralistic in style, often peopled by religious characters.[2] The New York Times noted the publication of The Chapel of St. Mary in December 1860, writing that the book was "a readable one."[3]

Works

  • The Rectory of Moreland: or, My Duty (1859) (first published as Mary Evans)
  • The Chapel of St. Mary (1861)
  • Hawthorndean, or, Philip Benton's Family: A Story of Every Day Life (1873)

References

  1. ^ White, Barbara A. (2013-05-07). American Women's Fiction, 1790-1870: A Reference Guide. Routledge. ISBN 9781136290923.
  2. ^ Murphy, Maureen (2000). "Clara M. Thompson". In Benbow-Pfalzgraf, Taryn (ed.). American women writers : a critical reference guide : from colonial times to the present (2nd ed.). Detroit: St. James Press. ISBN 9781558624290. OCLC 42027536.
  3. ^ "MISCELLANEOUS". The New York Times. 1860-12-22. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-10-11.


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