Introduction

Biography

Frances was the sis­ter of hym­nist Hen­ri­et­ta Do­bree, and wife of Car­ey Brock, rec­tor of St Pi­erre Du Bois, Guern­sey, lat­er dean of Guern­sey (mar­ried be­fore 1857).

Works

• Almost Per­suad­ed (By a Cler­gy­man’s Wife) (Lon­don: See­ley, Jack­son & Hal­li­day, 1856)
• Home Me­mo­ries: Or Ech­oes of a Mo­ther’s Voice, 1859
• Charity Hel­stone (Lon­don: See­ley, Jack­son & Hal­li­day, 1865)
• My Fa­ther’s Hand (Lon­don: See­ley, Jack­son & Hal­li­day, 1867)
• Sunday Ech­oes in Week-Day Hours (Lon­don: See­ley, Jack­son & Hal­li­day, 1868)
• Dame Wyn­ton’s Home (Lon­don: See­ley, Jack­son & Hal­li­day, 1869)
• Margaret Mull­er, a Sto­ry of the Late War in France, 1872
• The Vio­lets of Mont­martre and Oth­er Sto­ries, with Ma­dame Eu­gène Ber­si­er, 1874
• The Child­ren’s Hymn Book, with her hus­band Car­ey, 1881
• Changes and Chanc­es (Lon­don: See­ley, Jack­son & Hal­li­day, 1882)
• Hatty and Nel­lie: A Story of Two Mar­ri­ag­es, 1890
• James Gor­don’s Wife
• Penny Wise and Pound Fool­ish
• Clear Shin­ing Aft­er Rain. A Guern­sey Story