Louisa Emily Dobrée

Louisa Emily Dobrée was a French-born Irish Catholic writer. She was born in Tours, France, and her heritage was Irish on her mother’s side and French through her father’s Guernsey family. Dobrée wrote novels, short stories, juvenile literature, and fugitive articles that appeared in various magazines. Her non-fiction works addressed subjects such as home nursing, domestic and personal hygiene, etiquette, character sketches, embroidery, plain work, and natural history. Over the course of her career, she contributed to numerous publications and authored many books for young readers as well as religious and instructional works. She lived in several European countries, including France, Ireland, and the Channel Islands, and spent her later years near London.