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Charlotte Turner Smith (1749-1806) was an English poet and novelist whose works have been credited with influencing Jane Austen and particularly Charles Dickens.

As a poet, she is a Romantic; as a novelist, she falls into no particular pigeon-hole, but is in some respects Gothic. Smith is also very much interested in social conditions (the influence on Dickens is clear here) and in politics -- specifically the French Revolution.

Born into a well-to-do family, Charlotte Turner Smith was brought up in South England.

At the early age of fourteen, she was married to Benjamin Smith, the son of a wealthy East Indian merchant.

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    • However, his wealth did not last and in 1783 Charlotte shared his imprisonment for debts with him for several months.

    At that time she decided to publish some of her poems to support her ever increasing family. The volume "Elegiac Poems" of 1784 was an instant success.

    Charlotte put down her thoughts the form of sonnet, a form whi