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. Stephen Brown: A Reader’s Guide to Irish Fiction (1910)

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.Women of History
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Select bibliography

Among her novels are:

*''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

External links

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Frederick Langbridge in 'Writers - Fiction' file at Limerick City Library, Ireland

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1880 births
1964 deaths
Irish women novelists
People from County Donegal
20th-century Irish writers
20th-century Irish women writers
20th-century Irish novelists