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Flora Annie Steel

Born

in Sudbury, Middlesex, England

April 02, 1847

Died

April 12, 1929

Website

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flora_Annie_Steel

Genre

Children's Books

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Flora Annie Steel was an English writer. She was the daughter of George Webster. In 1867 she married Henry William Steel, a member of the Indian civil service, and for the next twenty-two years lived in India, chiefly in the Punjab, with which most of her books are connected.

When her husband's health was weak, Flora Annie Steel looked after some of his responsibilities. She acted as school inspector and mediator in local arguments.

She was interested in relating to all classes of Indian society. The birth of her daughter gave her a chance to interact with local women and learn their language.
She encouraged the production of local handicrafts and collected folk-tales, a collection of which she published in 1884.

Her interest in schools and the ...more

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Average rating: 3.78 · 2,377 ratings · 173 reviews · 136 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Adventures of Akbar 3.54 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 2006 — 131 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	India Through the Ages A Popular and Picturesque History of Hindustan 3.54 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 1929 — 88 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales of the Punjab: Folklore of India by Flora Annie Steel, John Lockwood Kipling (Illustrator), Richard Carnac Temple (Contributor) 3.53 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1894 — 184 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On the Face of the Waters 3.22 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1897 — 129 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook by Flora Annie Steel, Grace Gardiner, Ralph J. Crane (Editor) 3.71 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1888 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tattercoats: An old English tale by Flora Annie Steel (Retold By), Diane Goode (Illustrator), Joseph Jacobs 3.70 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1976 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bogey-Beast 3.29 avg rating — 14 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How Jack Went Out to Seek His Fortune 3.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Goldilocks & the Three Bears: & Other Classic English Fairy Tales by Flora Annie Steel, Arthur Rackham, Christine Messina 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1994 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shehzadi Mircha 2.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“It is the fashion nowadays to undervalue the art of making a home; to deem it simplicity and easiness itself. But this is a mistake, for the proper administration of even a small household needs both brain and heart. A really clever woman always sees this, and, like George Eliot, the greatest of modern women, prides herself on being an excellent housekeeper. It was written of her that ‘nothing offends her more than the idea that her exceptional intellectual powers should be held to absolve her from ordinary household duties.”
― Flora Annie Steel

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“knowing that he has justice on his side, knows also that he is defeated.”
― Flora Annie Steel, On the Face of the Waters

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“The fiction which resembles truth," said the Persian poet Nizâmi in the year 1250, "is better than the truth which is dissevered from the imagination";”
― Flora Annie Steel, India Through the Ages A Popular and Picturesque History of Hindustan

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