25. Margaret Wolfe Hungerford — Molly Bawn with Jessica Callahan
Irish author Margaret Wolfe Hungerford’s pen name was The Duchess
Irish novelist Margaret Wolfe Hungerford’s light Victorian-era romances were known throughout the English-speaking world, and her novel Molly Bawn was even name dropped in James Joyce’s Ulysses. Join us to find out why in a discussion with guest Jessica Callahan, Hallmark Channel exec and former editor of romance and mystery novels at Penguin Group.
Discussed in this episode:
Molly Bawn by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford
Phyllis by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford
Love’s Labour’s Lost by William Shakespeare
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins