Julia Kavanagh

Julia Kavanagh
Portrait of the author Julia Kavanagh c.1874-1876 by French painter Henri Chanet, fl.1874-1884. Donated by Mrs M. Kavanagh, 1884 to the National Gallery of Ireland.
Born7 January 1824
Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland
Died28 October 1877
Nice, France
NationalityIrish
FamilyMorgan and Bridget Kavanagh

Julia Kavanagh (7 January 1824 – 28 October 1877) was an Irish novelist, born at Thurles in County Tipperary, Ireland—then part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Her numerous contributions to literature have classified her as one of the non-canonical minor novelists of the Victorian period (1837–1901). Although she is mainly known for the novel and tales she wrote, she also published important non-fiction works that explored the theme of female political, moral and philosophical contributions to society.[1] The appeal of her works is represented by the fact that several of her works have been translated into French, German, Italian and Swedish. Her texts also reached North America, where some of her works appeared in Littell's Living Age, an American magazine. Moreover, she was known to celebrated writers of domestic fiction such as Charles Dickens.[2]

  1. ^ Forsyth, Michael (1999). Julia Kavanagh In her Times: Novelist and Biographer, 1824-1877. The Open University.
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