Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Amelia Opie
Born: November 12, 1769
Died: December 2, 1853 (aged 84)
Bio: Amelia Opie, née Alderson, was an English author who published numerous novels in the Romantic Period of the early 19th century, through 1828. Opie was also a leading abolitionist in Norwich, England.
Known for:
- Adeline Mowbray
- The father and daughter (1801)
- The Warrior's Return And Other Poems (1808)
- Detraction displayed (1828)
- Simple tales (1806)