DOROTHEA GERARD
\dˈɔːɹəθˌi͡ə d͡ʒˈɛɹɑːd], \dˈɔːɹəθˌiə dʒˈɛɹɑːd], \d_ˈɔː_ɹ_ə_θ_ˌiə dʒ_ˈɛ_ɹ_ɑː_d]\
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A Scotch novelist; born in Rochsoles, Lanarkshire, Aug. 9, 1855. Her youth was passed on the Continent. and she married an Austrian, Major-Geni. Julius de Lorggarde. She wrote with her sister, "Reata" (1880) and "Beggar My Neighbor"; and subsequently, alone, "Lady Baby" and "Recha" (1890). The latter was esteemed her best. "Miss Providence" appeared in 1897.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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