Elsie Finnimore Buckley
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Elsie Finnimore Buckley | |
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| Born | 1882 Calcutta, British India |
| Died | 1959 aged 76 Depwade,[1] Norfolk, England |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Occupation(s) | Writer and translator |
Elsie Finnimore Buckley (1882-1959) was an English writer and translator.
Buckley was born at Calcutta, the daughter of Robert Burton Buckley, a civil engineer, and Ada Marian Sarah Finnimore. She was educated at Girton College, Cambridge. In 1920 she married the writer Anthony Ludovici.[2] In Children of the Dawn, Old Tales of Greece (1909), it is noted that the writer possesses a terse simplicity of style, and that the book is an "almost inexhaustible treasure-house of the ancient Greek tales".[3] However, because the book was considered to be on a serious topic, a reviewer at the time said: "The truth is that this is not woman's work, and a woman has neither the knowledge nor literary tack necessary for it."[4] It is most likely this disdain for women in the literary field that Buckley was listed in most books she translated as "E. F. Buckley" rather than by her full name, to hide the fact that she was a woman.
Essays from her book of Greek tales for children, Children of the Dawn, have appeared in other collections aimed at the younger audience. [5][6]
Works
- Children of the dawn: old tales of Greece, 1909. Read online
- (tr.) The century of the renaissance by Louis Batiffol. 1916.According to WorldCat, the book is held in 687 libraries [7] Open Library entry
- (tr.) The earliest times by Frantz Funck-Brentano. 1927. Borrow ebook from Open Library
- (tr.) The third republic by Raymond Recouly. 1928. Open Library Entry
- (tr.) The restoration and the July monarchy by Jean Lucas-Dubreton. 1929. Open Library entry
- (tr.) The second republic and Napoleon III by René Arnaud. 1930.
- (tr.) Charlotte Corday by Michel Corday. 1931.
- (tr.) The consulate and the empire, 1789-1809 by Louis Madelin. Open Library entry
- (tr.) Luther by Frantz Funck-Brentano. 1936.
- (tr.) The consulate and the empire by Louis Madelin. 1937.
References
- ^ Registration District
- ^ Girton College (1948). Girton College Register: 1869-1946. Privately printed for Girton College. p. 131. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
- ^ Bookseller (Public domain ed.). J. Whitaker and Sons, Limited. 1908. pp. 54–.
- ^ Tuchman, Gaye, and Nina E. Fortin. Edging Women Out: Victorian Novelists, Publishers, and Social Change. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1989. Google Books
- ^ Buckly, Else Finnimore. The Curse of Echo. The Story Tellers' Magazine, Number 4 Volume 5. April 1917 [1]
- ^ Anna Cogswell Tyler (1921), Twenty-four unusual stories for boys and girls, New York: Harcourt, Brace
- ^ WorldCat item record
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