Значение слова OPIE в Литературной энциклопедии

MRS. AMELIA (ALDERSON) (1769-1853).-Novelist, _dau._ of a medical man, was _b._ at Norwich. In 1798 she _m._ John Opie, the painter. Her first acknowledged work was _Father and Daughter_ (1801), which had a favourable reception, and was followed by _Adeline Mowbray_ (1804), _Temper_ (1812), _Tales from Real Life_ (1813), and others, all having the same aim of developing the virtuous affections, the same merit of natural and vivid painting of character and passions, and the same fault of a too great preponderance of the pathetic. They were soon superseded by the more powerful genius of Scott and Miss Edgeworth. In 1825 she became a Quaker. After this she wrote _Illustrations of Lying_ (1825), and _Detraction Displayed_ (1828). Her later years, which were singularly cheerful, were largely devoted to philanthropic interests.