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Who was Mrs Trimmer in the following excerpt?

And Prince Arthur, nephew of King John of England, had described himself as tolerably comfortable in the seventh circle, where he was learning to paint on velvet, under the direction of Mrs. Trimmer and Mary Queen of Scots.

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  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Trimmer
    – mplungjan
    Commented Oct 21, 2013 at 13:32
  • How can I be sure?
    – user54495
    Commented Oct 21, 2013 at 13:34
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    Dickens: 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870; Mrs. Trimmer: 6 January 1741 – 15 December 1810 - I could not find any other Trimmer, and I guess Charles Dickens believed she belonged in Hell :)
    – mplungjan
    Commented Oct 21, 2013 at 13:40
  • bedankt voor de informatie.
    – user54495
    Commented Oct 21, 2013 at 13:43

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Found it:

Dickens did not like Mrs. Sarah Trimmer's protection of young readers from fairy tales

From Opening The Nursery Door By Mary Hilton, Morag Styles, Victor Watson

Dickens does not like fairy tale reformers

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  • so he is teasing her in The Haunted House
    – user54495
    Commented Oct 21, 2013 at 14:02
  • Except she is long dead...
    – mplungjan
    Commented Oct 21, 2013 at 14:09
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    As noted in your earlier link, Wikipedia suggests that Trimmer also advocated social policy that Dickens might have objected to: Her writings outlined the benefits of social hierarchy, arguing that each class should remain in its God-given position.
    – bib
    Commented Oct 21, 2013 at 14:54

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