Esther Meynell

Esther Hallam Meynell née Moorhouse (1878 – 4 February 1955) was an English writer.[1]

Esther Meynell
BornEsther Hallam Moorhouse
1878
Leeds, Yorkshire
DiedFebruary 4, 1955(1955-02-04) (aged 76)
Ditchling, East Sussex
Pen nameE. Hallam Moorhouse
OccupationWriter (novelist)
NationalityBritish
Period20th century
GenreFiction, non-fiction
SpouseGerard Tuke Meynell
RelativesAlice Meynell, aunt

Biography

Meynell was born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire. Her father was Samuel Moorhouse.[2] She married Gerard Tuke Meynell and was the niece by marriage of the poet and suffragist Alice Meynell. She died in Ditchling, a village near Brighton, Sussex.[3]

She is best known for The Little Chronicle of Magdalena Bach, a fictional autobiography of Anna Magdalena Bach, the wife of composer Johann Sebastian Bach, and for Nelson’s Lady Hamilton, about the life of Emma, Lady Hamilton, mistress of Lord Nelson. She also wrote many books about the County of Sussex, where she lived.[3] Her novel Time's Door (1935) belongs to the genre of fantastic fiction; it features a violinist who "timeslips" to the 18th century where he becomes involved with Bach.[1]

Works

As E. Hallam Moorhouse
  • Nelson's Lady Hamilton, (1906)
  • Samuel Pepys: Administrator, Observer, Gossip, (1909)
  • Letters Of The English Seamen, (1910)
  • Wordsworth, (1911)
  • Nelson In England: A Domestic Chronicle, (1913)
  • Sea Magic, (1916)

As Esther Meynell
  • The Story Of Hans Andersen, (1924)
  • The Little Chronicle Of Magdalena Bach, (1925)
  • Grave Fairytale, (1931)
  • Quintet, (1933)
  • Bach, (1933)
  • Time's Door, (1935)
  • Sussex Cottage, (1936)
  • Building A Cottage, (1937)
  • Lucy And Amades, (1938)
  • English Spinster: A Portrait, (1939)
  • A Woman Talking, (1940)
  • Country Ways, (1942)
  • The Young Lincoln, (1944)
  • Cottage Tale, (1945)
  • Sussex, (County Books series) (1947)
  • Portrait Of William Morris, (1947)
  • Tale Told To Terry, (1950)
  • Small Talk In Sussex, (1954)

Source:[4]

References
  1. Clute, John (2 February 2017). "Meynell, Esther". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.
  2. "Meynell, Esther Hallam (E. Hallam Moorhouse)". Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edition, Oxford University Press. 2014.
  3. "Death notice and obituary". The Times. London, England. 7 February 1955. pp. 1, 8, 10.
  4. "Author - Esther Hallam Moorhouse, Mrs Meynell". Author and Book Info.
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