Rosamond Langbridge
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[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Stephen Brown: A Reader’s Guide to Irish Fiction (1910)
- ^ Women of History
External links[]
Categories:
- 1880 births
- 1964 deaths
- Irish women novelists
- People from County Donegal
- 20th-century Irish writers
- 20th-century Irish women writers
- 20th-century Irish novelists