{"product_id":"clotilde-graves-a-short-story-collection","title":"Clotilde Graves - A Short Story Collection","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrilliant Irish author that wrote under a male pen name to help get published\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRead by Elliot Fitzgerald(Unabridged: 1hrs 25mins)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeaturing stories by Clotilde Graves\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eClotilde Augusta Inez Mary Graves was born on the 3rd June 1863 at Buttevant Castle, Co. Cork, to parents with military backgrounds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt age nine, the family moved to Southsea in England for yet another military posting. Her father’s postings gave her valuable experiences that would be put to good use in later years in some of her literary works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe was educated at a Catholic convent in Lourdes before returning to London in 1884 to study art in Bloomsbury. She worked part-time at the British Museum and the Royal Female School of Art and generated further income by drawing little pen-and-ink grotesques for the comic papers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA few years later a chance meeting found her writing extra lyrics for a pantomime version of Puss in Boots. She followed up with several financially successful plays, both in London and New York, and gained a measure of notoriety in one with the comparison of marriage and prostitution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDespite her dramatic success she published her first novel in 1911 under the pseudonym of Richard Dehan which she continued to use for later works. As well as novels and plays she published collections of short stories which glow with talent and invention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe was an unusual figure in London society, wearing her hair short, taking on a masculine manner and cut of clothing, and smoking cigarettes in public when such traits were considered eccentric at best. Add to this her admired collection of Chinese and Japanese trophies, her enthusiasm for fly-fishing and her riding of a tricycle and you have a perfect image of this fascinating writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClotilde Graves died at the convent of Our Lady of Lourdes at Hatch End in Middlesex, on the 3rd December 1932. She was 69.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 - Clotilde Graves - A Short Story Collection - An Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 - Under The Electrics by Clotilde Graves writing as Richard Dehan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3 - The Lost Room by Clotilde Graves writing as Richard Dehan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4 - A Spirit Elopement by Clotilde Graves\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 - In The Fourth Dimension by Clotilde Graves writing as Richard Dehan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6 - A Nocturne by Clotilde Graves writing as by Richard Dehan\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deadtree Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44162178908238,"sku":"AB-470800","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1194\/4786\/files\/9781835470800.jpg?v=1791268067","url":"https:\/\/www.deadtreepublishing.com\/products\/clotilde-graves-a-short-story-collection","provider":"Deadtree Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}