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Revision as of 23:54, 17 November 2010
Rosamond Grant Langbridge (1880 – 2 July 1964) was an Irish novelist, playwright and poet.
Life
She was born at Glenalla, County Donegal, Ireland, the daughter of Rev. Frederick Langbridge, a writer, poet (The Scales of Heaven) and playwright (The Only Way). She was brought up and educated in Limerick, where her father was Rector of St. John's, until he resigned due to ill-health in 1921.[1]
She married the writer J. S. Fletcher, with whom she had one child. She contributed to newspapers such as The Manchester Guardian and the Saturday Westminster, amongst others. She died at Mersea, in Essex.[2]
Select bibliography
Among her novels are:[1]
- The Flame and the Flood (1903)
- The Third Experiment (1904)
- Ambush of Young Days (1906)
- The Stars Beyond (1907)
- Imperial Richenda (1908)
- The Single Eye (1924)
Short stories:
- The Green Banks of Shannon (1929)
Plays:
- The Spell
Poetry:
- The White Moth and Other Poems (1932)
Non-fiction:
- Charlotte Brontë, a psychological study (1929)
References
- ^ a b Stephen Brown: A Reader’s Guide to Irish Fiction (1910)
- ^ Women of History