Clara Louise Burnham
![Burnham in 1893, as depicted in ''[[A Woman of the Century]]''](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/CLARA_LOUSE_BURNHAM.jpg)
Clara Louise Burnham (,
Root; May 25, 1854 – June 20, 1927) was an American novelist. After the success of ''No Gentlemen'' (1881), other books followed, including ''A Sane Lunatic'' (1882), ''Dearly Bought'' (1884), ''Next Door'' (1886), ''Young Maids and Old'' (1888), ''The Mistress of Beech Knoll'' (1890), and ''Miss Bagg's Secretary'' (1892). The daughter of
George Frederick Root, she wrote the text for several his most successful
cantatas. The 1923 film, ''
A Chapter in Her Life'' is based on Burnham's 1903 novel ''Jewel: A Chapter in Her Life''. Born in
Massachusetts, she died at the family home in
Maine in 1927.
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