Bithia Mary Croker

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Bithia Mary Croker (* 1849 in Ireland , † 1920 in Folkestone ) was an Anglo-Indian writer of Irish origin.

Life

Croker was the daughter of Reverend William Sheppard, the head of Kilgefin Church in County Roscommon . At the age of 21 she married Lieutenant John Stokes Croker (1844–1911) of the Royal Munster Fusiliers ( British Army ) in 1871 . After the Indian uprising of 1857 the regiment was again stationed at home.

Soon after their marriage, she and her husband went to Madras , later they settled in Bengal . Again and again she retired to Wellington on the Nigilri Mountains to write . When her husband retired in 1892, they returned to Ireland and settled in County Wicklow . They spent the last years of their lives in Folkestone.

reception

In 1882, Croker made a successful debut with her first novel. During her literary life she wrote nearly fifty novels, short stories and short stories. Most of her works naturally have a strong connection to India, but she also included other countries of the Empire such as Africa, Egypt or the Mediterranean in her novel.

Works

stories
  • A lost job and other stories . Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1918.
  • The proud girl and other stories . Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1904.
  • Jason and other stories . Chatto & Windus, London 1899.
  • The spider and other stories . Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1902.
Novels
  • Te serpent's tooth . Tauchnitz, Leipzig 1912.
    • German: The poison tooth . Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1921.
  • A nine day's wonder . Tauchnitz, Leipzig 1906.
    • German: Mary at the gate . Kulturelle Verlagsgesellschaft, Berlin 1936.
  • Lismoyle. An experiment in Ireland . Tauchnitz, Leipzig 1914.
    • German: Lismoyle Castle . Upward publishing house, Berlin 1938.
  • The youngest Miss Mowbray . Tauchnitz, Leipzig 1906.
    • German: The youngest Miss Mowbray . Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1909.
  • Katherine the arrogant . Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1911.
    • German: The proud Katharina . Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1911.
  • Her own people . Hurst & Blackett, London 1905.
    • German: Your family . Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1907 (2 vol.)
  • The happy valley . Tauchnitz, Leipzig 1905.
    • German: The happy valley . Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1906.
  • Fame . Tauchnitz, Leipzig 1910.
    • German: fame . Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1912.
  • The Spanish necklace . Chatto & Windus, London 1907.
    • German: The Spanish collar . Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1908 (2 vol.)
  • Fishing rod. A sketch in Indian ink . Methuen, London 1913.
    • German: Angelika . Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1904.
  • The cat's paw . Tauchnitz, Leipzig 1907.
    • German: The cat's paw . Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1904.
  • Terence . Chatto & Windus, London 1899.
    • German: A fateful journey . Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1903.
  • Miss Balmaine's past . Chatto & Windus, London 1898.
    • German: Miss Balmaines past . Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1899.
  • Peggy of the Bartons . Tauchnitz, Leipzig 1904.
    • German: The village beauty . Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1902 (2 vol.)
  • The real Lady Hilda. A sketch . Chatto & Windus, London 1896.
    • German: Lady Hildegard . Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1897.
  • A third person . Chatto & Windus, London 1894.
    • German: A third person . Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1896.
  • Married or single . Chatto & Windus, London 1895.
    • German: married or single? Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1900 (2 vol.)
  • Mr. Jervis . Chatto & Windus, London 1894.
    • German: Mr. Jervis. A millionaire . Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1898.
  • A family like. A sketch in the Himalayas . Unwin, London 1922.
    • German: A family resemblance . Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1896 (2 vol.)
  • Two masters . White Press, London 1890.
    • German: Two gentlemen . Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1895.
  • A surprise . Chatto & Windus, London 1890.
    • German: Unexpected . Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1893 (2 vols.).
  • A bird of passage . Sampson, Low, Marston, London 1887.
    • German: A migratory bird . Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1892.
  • The company's servant. A romance of Southern India . Tauchnitz, Leipzig 1908 (2 vol.)
    • German: Derailed. A romantic story from southern India . Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1910.
  • The pretty Miss Neville . Neville Books, London 1909.
    • German: The pretty Miss Neville . Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1909.
  • A rolling stone . Tauchnitz, Leipzig 1911.
    • German: The rolling stone . Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1919.
  • Babes in the wood. A romance in the jungles . Tauchnitz, Leipzig 1910.
    • German: Waldkinder. A romantic tale from the jungles of India . Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1914.

literature

  • Melissa Edmundson: Bithia Mary Croker and the ghosts of India . In: The CEA Critic. The official journal of the College English Association , Vol. 72 (2010), Issue 7, pp. 94-112, ISSN  0007-8069
  • John W. Foster: Irish novels 1890–1940. New bearings in culture and fiction . OUP, Oxford 2008, ISBN 0-19-923283-0 .
  • Shuchi Kapila: The domestic novel goes native. Bithia Mary Croker's Anglo-India . In: Nineteenth Century Contexts , Vol. 26 (2004), Issue 3, pp. 215-235, ISSN  0890-5495

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personal data
SURNAME Croker, Bithia Mary
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Anglo-Indian writer of Irish descent
DATE OF BIRTH 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH Ireland
DATE OF DEATH 1920
Place of death Folkestone