Grace Rhys
Grace Rhys | |
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| Born | Grace Little 12 July 1865 Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland |
| Died | 15 March 1929 (aged 63) Washington, D.C., United States |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Spouse |
Ernest Percival Rhys (m. 1891) |
| Children | 3 |
Grace Rhys (née Little; 1865–1929) was an Irish writer.
Biography
Grace Little was born in Boyle, County Roscommon on 12 July 1865.[1] Joseph Bennet Little, her landowner father, lost his money through gambling and, after receiving a good education from governesses, she and her sisters had to move to London as adults to earn a living.
She was both wife and literary companion to
Elizabethan Ireland, which was illustrated by Howard Pyle in Harper's Magazine
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Her other work includes The Wooing of Sheila (1901),[3] The Bride (1909), and Five Beads on a String (1907), a book of essays. She also wrote poetry and books for children, and had a son and two daughters of her own.[2]
The Rhyses were known for entertaining writers and critics at their London home on Sunday afternoons. Grace died from a heart attack at a hotel in
References
- ^ a b McCarthy, Justin, ed. (1904). Irish Literature: Street Songs. Vol. VIII. Philadelphia: John D. Morris & Company. p. 2940. Retrieved 17 September 2023 – via Google Books.
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35733. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art. 92: 595. 9 November 1901.
- ISBN 9780708308462.
- ^ "Death Claims Wife of British Lecturer". The Evening Star. 15 March 1929. p. 30. Retrieved 17 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
Sources
- Oxford Companion to Edwardian Fiction 1900–14: New Voices in the Age of Uncertainty, ed. Kemp, Mitchell, Trotter (OUP, 1997)
External links
Works by or about Grace Rhys at Wikisource- Works by or about Grace Rhys at Internet Archive
- Works by Grace Rhys at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
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