Mrs. Charles, Catherine Grace Frances Gore, nee Moody (1799-1861) was a British novelist and dramatist. She is amongst the well-known of the silver fork writers - authors of the Victorian era depicting the gentility and etiquette of high society. Her first novel Theresa Marchment, or, The Maid of Honour was published in 1824. Her first major success was Pin Money, published in 1831, but her most popular and well-known novel was to be Cecil, or, Adventures of a Coxcomb published in 1841. She also found success as a playwright, writing eleven plays that made their way to the London stage. Between 1824 and 1862 she produced about 70 works, the most successful of which were novels of fashionable English life. Amongst her other works are The Broken Hearts (1823), Hungarian Tales (1829), The Historical Traveller (1831), The Opera (1832) and The Ambassador's Wife (1842).