Rosa Mulholland

Rosa Mulholland
Rosa Mulholland (1841–1921) was an Irish novelist, poet, and playwright, known for her contributions to Irish literature during the 19th century. She was encouraged by Charles Dickens, who published her first novel, "Dunmara," in his journal "All the Year Round". Her works often explored themes of Irish rural life, Catholicism, and social issues, with popular titles including "The Wicked Woods of Tobereevil" and "Marcella Grace." Mulholland's literary output included novels, short stories, and children's books, making her an influential figure in Victorian and early 20th-century Irish fiction.

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PREFACE. "The Late Miss Hollingford" was published a good many years ago in the pages of All the Year Round. It has never till now been re-published in England, though it has been translated into French under the title of Une Idée Fantasque, and issued by the Bleriot Library, with a preface by M. Gounod. It has also appeared in Italian. In the Tauchnitz Collection it is bound in with No... more...

CHAPTER I. FOUR YEARS OLD.   In all England there is not a prettier village than Wavertree. It has no streets; but the cottages stand about the roads in twos and threes, with their red-tiled roofs, and their little gardens, and hedges overrun with flowering weeds. Under a great sycamore tree at the foot of a hill stands the forge, a cave of fire glowing in the shadows, a favourite place for the... more...