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Rosaline Orme Masson (1867–1947)

Autor(a) de Edinburgh

12 Works 46 Membros 1 Review

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Obras de Rosaline Orme Masson

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Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1867-05-06
Data de falecimento
1947-12-07
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
Scotland
UK
Local de nascimento
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Local de falecimento
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Locais de residência
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Ocupação
novelist
biographer
memoirist
short story writer
historical writer
Relacionamentos
Stevenson, Robert Louis (friend)
Masson, David (father)
Pequena biografia
Rosaline Orme Masson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, a daughter of David Masson, professor of Rhetoric and English Literature at Edinburgh University, and his wife Emily Rosaline Orme. Her older brother David Orme Masson became a famous scientist. She met many of the prominent writers of her day who visited her home, and later provided anecdotes of them in her memoir, Poets, Patriots, and Lovers: Sketches and Memories of Famous People (1933). She became a friend of Robert Louis Stevenson and later wrote two books about him. She wrote several books on Edinburgh and Scotland, six novels, and a collection of short stories called My Poor Niece: and Other Stories (1893). Her numerous works on the English language included Use and Abuse of English and Elements of English Composition, both published in 1896. She also edited the anthology Three Centuries of English Poetry: Being Selections from Chaucer to Herrick (1876) with her father.

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Nice to get an overview of his life, but a bit long-winded, and too much apostrophising on how he was an "Artist" and so different rules apply. Unlike many of the genius type, RLS comes across as a jolly pleasant fellow, good company and loyal - like to have met him.
 
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vguy | Aug 30, 2016 |

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Obras
12
Membros
46
Popularidade
#335,831
Avaliação
½ 3.4
Resenhas
1
ISBNs
4
Idiomas
1