Margaret Wolfe Hungerford

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Margaret Wolfe Hungerford


Born
in Cork, Ireland
April 27, 1855

Died
January 24, 1897

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She was born in County Cork, Ireland. As a child she enjoyed making up stories, and won prizes for her writing at school. She was educated at Portarlington College.

Her books were first published anonymously, and later as by "Mrs. Hungerford." In the United States, her books were mostly published under the pen name "The Duchess." Some of her early books were published by William Tinsley, a major publisher at the time.

She died at Bandon of typhoid fever.
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Average rating: 3.44 · 217 ratings · 51 reviews · 138 distinct works
The Haunted Chamber

3.65 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1886 — 41 editions
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How to Marry Well

3.17 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions
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Molly Bawn

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3.59 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1878
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How I Write My Novels

2.93 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions
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April's Lady

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The Duchess

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Airy Fairy Lilian

4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1879 — 60 editions
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Portia: Or, 'by Passions Ro...

3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings50 editions
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A Little Rebel

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2.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1890 — 57 editions
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The Red-house Mystery

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“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”
Margaret Wolfe Hamilton Hungerford
tags: life

“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”
Margaret Wolfe Hungerford
tags: beauty

“La belleza está en el ojo del que mira”
Margaret Wolfe Hungerford, Molly Bawn

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