Nineteenth Century Childhood

by Mary MacCarthy

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1924

About the author

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Mary MacCarthy (1882-1953) was an English writer, known for her involvement in the "Bloomsbury Group".

MacCarthy was the daughter of Francis Warre-Cornish. Commonly called Molly, she married the literary critic Desmond MacCarthy in 1906. Though prevented by progressive hearing loss from full participation in group conversation, she was nevertheless active in the group, as demonstrated by her formation of the Memoir group and the Novel group, and by coining the term "Bloomsberries" to describe the members of the group.

Reviews

[Frabe · Rating 3 out of 5]

La scrittrice inglese Mary MacCarthy, nata nel 1882 - da non confondere con la statunitense Mary McCarthy, nata nel 1912 -, racconta brevemente e piuttosto simpaticamente la sua infanzia, trascorsa perlopiù a Eton dove il padre era vice-rettore dell'omonimo college, a due passi dal castello di Windsor, una delle residenze dei reali britannici e dunque, al tempo, della regina Vittoria che - è tra i ricordi finali dell'autrice - vi morì nel 1901 dopo oltre 63 anni di regno.

[Jbondandrews · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting little book. It did give me a few hints as to how my ancestors childhoods would have been at that period.