Memorials of the Life of Amelia Opie: Selected and Arranged from Her Letters, Diaries, and Other ManuscriptsBiography of Amelia Opie with select quotations from her manuscript writings and correspondence. Preface by Thomas Brightwell, Opie's executor, notes that no autobiography was found among Opie's papers. It also mentions his daughter, Cecilia Brightwell was the main compiler and editor of this volume. |
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