Eleanor MacMahon

Ella MacMahon (23 July 1864 - 19 April 1956) was a prolific Irish romance novelist.

For the politician, see Eleanor McMahon.
Ella MacMahon
BornEleanor Harriet MacMahon
(1864-07-23)23 July 1864
Dublin, Ireland
Died19 April 1956(1956-04-19) (aged 91)
United Kingdom
OccupationWriter
NationalityIrish
GenreNovel

Life and career

Eleanor Harriet MacMahon was born to Rev. John Henry MacMahon, curate of St. Werburgh's Church, Dublin and Frances Snagge on 23 July 1864 in Dublin. She was the older of their two children. Her father later worked as chaplain of Mountjoy Prison. Rev. MacMahon was on the board of religious education of the Church of Ireland as well as editor of the Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette. He wrote four books. His daughter was educated at home and had similar interests in a literary career. In her 20s she began contributing to periodicals such as the New Ireland Review and her first novel was published in 1894. While her main income was from her novels MacMahon worked for various government departments including the new Intelligence department during the war. In the post war years she moved to Brockenhurst, Hampshire and later retired on her government pension. At some point in her life she became a Catholic. She died 19 April 1956.[1][2][3]

Bibliography
  • A New Note: A Novel, 2 vols. (London: Hutchinson & Co. 1894)
  • A Modern Man, with illustrations by Ida Lovering (London: Dent 1895), 192pp.; Do. (NY: Macmillan 1895), 192pp.
  • A Pitiable Passion (London: London: Hutchinson 1896), 348pp.
  • The Touchstone of Life (London: Hutchinson & Co. 1897), 366pp. [printed Nimeguen, Holland: H. C. A. Thieme]; Do. (Dublin: Mellifont Press [1947]), 160pp.
  • An Honourable Estate: A Tale (London: Hutchinson & Co. 1898), 351pp., and Do. [new rev. edn.] (London: Mills & Boon Ltd., [1918]), 319pp.
  • Heathcote: A Novel, 2 vols. ([q. pub.] 1899)
  • Fortune’s Yellow: A Novel (London: Hutchinson & Co. 1900), 364pp.
  • Such as Have Erred (London: Hutchinson & Co. 1902), 367pp. [Printed London & Aylesbury: Hazell, Watson & Viney]
  • Jemima (London: Chapman and Hall 1903), 329pp.;
  • The Other Son (London: Chapman & Hall 1904), vi, 345pp., 8°, and Do. [abridg.] (Dublin: Mellifont Press [1945]), 96pp.
  • Oxendale (London: 1905)
  • The Heart’s Banishment (London: Chapman & Hall 1907), 314pp.
  • The Court of Conscience (London: Chapman & Hall 1908), [8], 312pp.
  • Fancy O’Brien (London: Chapman & Hall 1909), 314pp.; Do. [abridg.] (Dublin: Mellifont Press [1946]), 128pp.
  • Straits of Poverty: A Study of Temperament (London: Chapman & Hall 1911), 365pp.
  • An Elderly Person and Some Others (London: Chapman & Hall 1913), 287pp.
  • Divine Folly (London: Chapman & Hall 1913), 320pp.
  • The Job (London: James Nisbet & Co. 1914), 383pp.
  • A Rich Man’s Table: A Comedy of Values (London: Missl & Boon [1916]), 310pp.
  • John Fitzhenry: A Study (London: Mills & Boon 1920), 308pp., and Do. [abridg.] (Dublin: Mellifont Press [1945]), 128pp.
  • Mercy and Truth: A Novel (London: Mills & Boon 1923), 283pp.
  • Wind of Dawn (London: John Lane, The Bodley Head 1927 ), [8], 320pp.
  • Irish Vignettes (London: J. Lane, The Bodley Head 1928), 279pp.

References
  1. "Dictionary of Irish Biography". Cambridge University Pres. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  2. "Ella MacMahon". Ricorso. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  3. Holly A. Laird (6 October 2016). The History of British Women's Writing, 1880-1920: Volume Seven. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 308–. ISBN 978-1-137-39380-7.
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