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Charlotte had a secular upbringing, and her first writings were poems and plays to amuse the family. In 1847, she took charge of the education of her brother Robert's three children. Her earliest book
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Reynolds, Kimberley. "Tucker, Charlotte Maria (1821–1893)".
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