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| Born | Eleanor Edith Orlebar 1841 (1841) Nottingham, England |
| Died | 23 January 1906 (aged 65) Worthing, England |
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| Period | 1878–1879 |
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Eleanor Edith Orlebar (1841 – 23 January 1906) was an English writer. She authored the historical novel,Sancta Christina: A Story of the First Century (1878) and thevegetarian cookbook,Food for the People; or, Lentils and other Vegetable Cookery (1879).
Eleanor Edith Orlebar was born inNottingham in 1841 to Rev. Cuthbert Orlebar (d. 1861) and Eleanor Orlebar (née Kingston).[1][2] Her father was for sometime vicar ofPodington and her mother was a writer, authoring works including,Cinderella, a Fairy Tale in Verse (1848) and the novel,Frank Bennet: A Story of the Stocking-Loom and of the Lace-Frame in 1811 (1869).[3][4][5]
Orlebar had two brothers and two sisters.[2] Children's writerWilliam Henry Giles Kingston and meteorologistGeorge Kingston were her uncles.[6][7] Her maternal great-grandfather wasGiles Rooke,Justice of the Common Pleas, and her maternal great-great-grandfather was Valentine Knightley.[3]
In 1878, Orlebar published the historical novel,Sancta Christina: A Story of the First Century, with a preface by theBishop of Winchester.[8] It was described as a "story illustrating the growth ofearly Christianity inEtruria during the first century."[9]
Orlebar published thevegetarian cookbook,Food for the People; or, Lentils and other Vegetable Cookery in 1879.[10] She was inspired to write on the subject after reading letters inThe Times advocating for the benefits of lentils byWilliam Gibson Ward, a vice-president of theVegetarian Society. The book contains numerous lentil-based recipes as well as other vegetarian dishes.[11]The Oxford Companion to Food describes it as "one of the most eccentric, and endearing, food books of the 19th century" and its author as displaying a deep knowledge ofclassical studies, a talent for persuasive writing, and a keen awareness of distinctive details.[12]
Orlebar died on 23 January 1906, at the Home of the Holy Rood,Worthing, aged 65.[13]
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