Margaret Wolfe Hungerford’s Collected Works: Molly Bawn, Faith and Unfaith, Portia, Airy Fairy Lilian, April's Lady, and More! (12 Works)(The Duchess)
Book Details
Author(s)Hungerford, Margaret Wolfe
PublisherJame-Books
ISBN / ASINB00G3JH5JG
ISBN-13978B00G3JH5J8
AvailabilityAvailable for download now.
Sales Rank1,757,014
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Margaret Wolfe Hungerford, (Hamilton), (27 April 1855 – 24 January 1897), was an Irish novelist whose light romantic fiction was popular throughout the English-speaking world in the late 19th century.
She approached her writing methodically, setting aside three hours every morning for it. The room where she did her writing had neatly organized manuscripts at her desk, surrounded by many reference works, novels, and other books.
Her books were first published anonymously, and later as by "Mrs. Hungerford". In the United States, her books were mostly published under the pen name "The Duchess". Some of her early books were published by William Tinsley, a major publisher at the time.
Often writing on commission, she wrote many novels, short stories, and newspaper articles. Her books continued selling as fast as she could write them.
Her plots follow the usual conventions of romantic novels of the day. They contain delicate love scenes that were never offensive to the ideals of Victorian morals. Her works are characterized as entertaining and charming, though usually not of great depth. She tends to have little in the way of character development, tending more towards flirtatious dialogue. She was adept at capturing the tone of her contemporary fashionable society, and sometimes used Irish settings.
Hungerford's best-known novel is Molly Bawn (1878) the story of a frivolous, petulant Irish girl, a flirt, who arouses her lover's jealousy and naively ignores social conventions. Mrs. Hungerford and this book are mentioned in chapter 18 of James Joyce's Ulysses:
"...Molly bawn she gave me by Mrs Hungerford on account of the name I don't like books with a Molly in them like that one he brought me about the one from Flanders..."
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"
Molly Bawn contains Hungerford's most famous idiom:
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder".
Included in this collection: (12 Works)
Molly Bawn
Faith and Unfaith
Mrs. Geoffrey
Airy Fairy Lilian
Portia
The Haunted Chamber
Only an Irish Girl
April's Lady
A Little Rebel
The Hoyden
The story of my first novel
How to Marry Well
She approached her writing methodically, setting aside three hours every morning for it. The room where she did her writing had neatly organized manuscripts at her desk, surrounded by many reference works, novels, and other books.
Her books were first published anonymously, and later as by "Mrs. Hungerford". In the United States, her books were mostly published under the pen name "The Duchess". Some of her early books were published by William Tinsley, a major publisher at the time.
Often writing on commission, she wrote many novels, short stories, and newspaper articles. Her books continued selling as fast as she could write them.
Her plots follow the usual conventions of romantic novels of the day. They contain delicate love scenes that were never offensive to the ideals of Victorian morals. Her works are characterized as entertaining and charming, though usually not of great depth. She tends to have little in the way of character development, tending more towards flirtatious dialogue. She was adept at capturing the tone of her contemporary fashionable society, and sometimes used Irish settings.
Hungerford's best-known novel is Molly Bawn (1878) the story of a frivolous, petulant Irish girl, a flirt, who arouses her lover's jealousy and naively ignores social conventions. Mrs. Hungerford and this book are mentioned in chapter 18 of James Joyce's Ulysses:
"...Molly bawn she gave me by Mrs Hungerford on account of the name I don't like books with a Molly in them like that one he brought me about the one from Flanders..."
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"
Molly Bawn contains Hungerford's most famous idiom:
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder".
Included in this collection: (12 Works)
Molly Bawn
Faith and Unfaith
Mrs. Geoffrey
Airy Fairy Lilian
Portia
The Haunted Chamber
Only an Irish Girl
April's Lady
A Little Rebel
The Hoyden
The story of my first novel
How to Marry Well
