More, Hannah, 1745-1833

The highly successful evangelical writer Hannah More was also a noted poet and playwright. Her poem The Bas Bleu (1786) commemorated Elizabeth Montagu's bluestocking circle, most of whom she knew well. Her most important plays included Percy (1778) and The Fatal Falsehood (1779). The abolitionist Slavery: A Poem appeared in 1788. She was best known for a collection of moral tales and instruction for the poor published as Cheap Repository Tracts (1795-98). Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education (1799) contributed to the period's debates on the woman question.

Moore, John, 1729-1802

Scottish physician and author. Titles by the author include his most popular novel Zeluco (1789), A View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany (1779), Medical Sketches (1786), A View of Society and Manners in Italy (1787), A Journal during a Residence in France, from the Beginning of August to the Middle of December (1792), An Account of the most remarkable Events that happened at Paris, from that Time to the Death of the late King of France, Edward (1796), and Mordaunt (1800).

Moody, Elizabeth, 1737-1814

Elizabeth Moody (1737-1814) Born Elizabeth Greenly, Elizabeth Moody grew up in fashionable circles in the outskirts of London. She was an avid reader and an apt scholar in modern languages, acquiring unusual fluency in French and Italian, skills that are evident in her literary criticism. As a young woman, she circulated her verse compositions within a small literary coterie until shortly after her 1777 marriage to Dissenting clergyman Christopher Lake Moody, a versatile literary professional. Soon after the wedding and probably with Dr.

Moody, Christopher Lake, 1743-1815 (Benjamin Christie Nangle,TheMonthly Review, First Series, 1749-1789)

Dissenting clergyman Christopher Lake Moody was a hard-working literary professional who served for many years as one of the most productive reviewer at Ralph Griffiths's Monthly Review. He was so integral to the periodical's operation that there has been speculation that he may have taken on editorial responsibilities in addition to his reviewing duties. Moody also operated with Griffiths the St. James’s Chronicle and contributed to other periodicals as well.

Montolieu, Isabelle de, 1751-1832

Swiss novelist and translator, Montolieu was the author of Caroline de Lichtfield, ou Mémoires d'une Famille Prussienne (1786). She was a close friend of Madame de Genlis, whose encouragement was crucial to Montolieu's decision to publish. In addition, Montolieu produced over 100 volumes of translations and is cited as the first translator of Jane Austen's work into French. She married Benjamin de Crouzas in 1769, but the marriage lasted only a few years before Crouzas died in 1775. In 1786 she married Baron Louis de Montolieu, who also pre-deceased her in 1800.