Charlotte Turner Smith (1749-1807) was an 18th Century poet and novelist who achieved success in her day.
The revolutionary impact of Wordsworth and Coleridge at the beginning of the 19th century somewhat dimmed interest in the late 18th century poets, who in some.
She was admired by Wordsworth for her revival of the sonnet and in the 1790s became a friend of the poet William Cowper.
Her popularity was mainly due to her \'gothic\' novels, but her lasting fame comes mainly from her poetry.
Charlotte Turner Smith (1749-1807) was an 18th Century poet and novelist who achieved success in her day