Hesba Stretton
Hesba Stretton was the pseudonym of
Sarah Smith (27 July 1832 – 8 October 1911), an
evangelical English author of religious books for children. These were highly popular. By the late 19th century ''Jessica's First Prayer'' had sold a million and a half copies – ten times more than ''
Alice in Wonderland''. She concocted "Hesba Stretton" from the initials of herself and four surviving siblings, along with the name of a
Shropshire village she visited,
All Stretton, where her sister Anne owned a house, Caradoc Lodge.
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