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Sarah French
1792-1872

Sarah (French) MacLauchlan (novelist) was born in England in 1792. In 1842, she arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick as a widow. In 1850, she married a barrister by the name of William MacLauchlan and they resided in Saint John. French died in Saint John on 15 February 1872.  She wrote two novels: Letters to a Young Lady on Leaving School and Entering the World (1855) and A Book for the Young (1856).

Source

Harrington, Colleen. “Sarah French” New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia, Winter 2010. Accessed 16 April 2023

Frontispiece of "A Book for the Young" by Sarah French

Frontispiece of A Book for the Young by Sarah French 

Credit

"Sarah French."  New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia, Winter 2010. Accessed 5 June 2023.

See the New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia entry.

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French, Sarah. Letters to a young lady on leaving school and entering the world : dedicated by permission to Lady Head. Boston, MA: Crosby, Nichols, 1855, 158 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): NB Authors' Archival Papers project

French, Sarah. A book for the young / by a lady. Saint John, N.B.: J. & A. McMillan, 1856, 176 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): New Brunswick Imprints