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Hi, folks! This is the first post where I talk about some of the stories in the collection Weird Women – Volume 2: 1840-1925: Classic Supernatural Fiction by…… Read more “The terrible moment of complete illumination”
Tag: Ireland
They could not face death, quiet, enthroned
Hi, folks! This is the final post where I talk about some of the stories in the collection Weird Women: Classic Supernatural Fiction by Groundbreaking Female Writers,…… Read more “They could not face death, quiet, enthroned”
The garden was ablaze with these brilliant scented blossoms
Hi, folks, This is another post where I talk about some of the stories in the collection Weird Women: Classic Supernatural Fiction by Groundbreaking Female Writers, 1852-1923, ed.…… Read more “The garden was ablaze with these brilliant scented blossoms”
Dora Sigerson Shorter
Dora Sigerson Shorter (née Dora Maria Sigerson; Dora Mary Sigerson; also known as Mrs. Clement Shorter. August 16th, 1866 – January 6th, 1918) was an Irish writer.…… Read more “Dora Sigerson Shorter”
The whisper of distrust soon started
Hi, folks! This is another post where I talk about some of the stories in the collection Weird Women: Classic Supernatural Fiction by Ground-breaking Female Writers, 1852-1923, ed.…… Read more “The whisper of distrust soon started”
When we shall live larger and freer lives,
Dear George, In Keynotes (1893), you seem to be trying to find and set the tone for your exploration of (what you conceived as) the female experience.…… Read more “When we shall live larger and freer lives,”
This restless craving for sun and love and motion
Hi, folks! This is post 2 of Deal me In. For more about this project & my previous posts on it, go here: Reading Plans | Weeks 1 | 2 (you…… Read more “This restless craving for sun and love and motion”
George Egerton
George Egerton (pen name of Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright; 14 December 1859 – 12 August 1945) was an Australian-born Irish writer. She was born in Melbourne, Australia,…… Read more “George Egerton”
No human being ever believed she was the right person in the right place
Dear Charlotte, A Struggle for Fame (1883) explores the way social judgements based on nationality, class, and gender give shape to one’s identity and one’s opportunities in…… Read more “No human being ever believed she was the right person in the right place”
Charlotte Riddell
Charlotte Riddell (born Charlotte Eliza Lawson Cowan; also known as Mrs J. H. Riddell; 30 September 1832 – 24 September 1906) was an Irish writer. Born in…… Read more “Charlotte Riddell”
Hers was a nature with a wide range
Dear Sarah, In The Beth Book (1897), we feel that we are reading two very different, at times irreconcilable, books: a powerful coming of age novel and a…… Read more “Hers was a nature with a wide range”
Sarah Grand
Sarah Grand (nom de plume of Frances Elisabeth McFall, née Bellenden Clarke, 10 June 1854 – 12 May 1943) was an Anglo-Irish writer. She was born in…… Read more “Sarah Grand”
You cannot live in armour all your life
Dear Maria, In Belinda (first published in 1801, revised in 1810), we can almost feel the double-edged sword you are playing with: while championing the idea that…… Read more “You cannot live in armour all your life”
Maria Edgeworth
Maria Edgeworth (1 January 1768 – 22 May 1849) was an Anglo-Irish author. Born in Oxfordshire, Maria moved to Ireland with her father, when she was five…… Read more “Maria Edgeworth”
Reading Ireland Month | 2019
Hello, lovely readers, As in the previous years, for our delight, Cathy and Niall are hosting Reading Ireland Month, in March, to celebrate all things Irish! Here are some of my possible…… Read more “Reading Ireland Month | 2019”
Perhaps freedom has no meaning
Dear Iris, The Unicorn (1963) is a tale of imprisonment in a shared fantasy, where the cages, rotating on a blank axle, are full of longing. When…… Read more “Perhaps freedom has no meaning”
That indefinitely extended requirement that one human being makes upon another
Dear Iris, “I think it’s terrible to be in danger of writing a philosophical novel”, you said in an interview. And I know you have systematically refused to be called…… Read more “That indefinitely extended requirement that one human being makes upon another”
Iris Murdoch
Iris Murdoch (Jean Iris Murdoch, 15 July 1919 – 8 February 1999) was an Anglo-Irish novelist and philosopher. Murdoch studied classics at Somerville College, Oxford. She was awarded a first-class…… Read more “Iris Murdoch”
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