She died at her daughter's house in Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire on 12 April 1929.
When her husband's health was weak, Flora Annie Steel took over some of his responsibilities. Mrs Steel became an Inspectress of Government and Aided Schools in the Punjab and also worked with John Lockwood Kipling, Rudyard Kipling's father, to foster Indian arts and crafts. She grew deeply interested in native Indian life and began to urge educational reforms on the government of India. In 1867, she married Henry William Steel, a member of the Indian Civil Service, and they lived in India until 1889, chiefly in the Punjab, with which most of her books are connected. However, her enthusiasm refuses to fade away (disappear or faint slowly). The Bogey-Beast Flora Annie Steel There was once a woman who was very, very cheerful, though she had little to make her so for she was old, and poor, and lonely. As she is taking it home, it keeps changing. Delighted (very happy) with her luck, she decides to keep it. She was born Flora Annie Webster in Sudbury, Middlesex, the sixth child of George Webster. The Bogey Beast by Flora Annie Steel A woman finds a pot of treasure on the road while she is returning from work.
She was noted especially for books set in the Indian. She was noted especially for books set in the Indian sub-continent or otherwise connected with it. Flora Annie Steel (2 April 1847 12 April 1929) was a writer who lived in British India for 22 years. The Bogey-Beast is a delightful fairy tale about how luck is all relative.įlora Annie Steel (2 April 1847 – 12 April 1929) was an English writer, who lived in British India for 22 years.
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