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Frances Browne (1816-1879) was an Irish poet and novelist, best remembered for her collection of short stories for children: Granny's Wonderful Chair and Its Tales of Fairy Times (1856). She was blind from infancy. In her writings, she recounts how she learned by heart the lessons which her brothers and sisters said aloud every evening, and how she bribed them to read to her by doing their chores. In 1840, her first poem was published, and she published a complete volume of poems in 1844, and a second volume in 1848. In 1847, she left Donegal for Edinburgh with one of her sisters as her reader and amanuensis. She quickly established herself in literary circles, and wrote essays, reviews, stories, and poems, in spite of health problems. In 1852, she moved to London, where she wrote her first novel

Frances Browne (1816-1879) was an Irish poet and novelist, best remembered for her collection of short stories for children: Granny's Wonderful Chair and Its Tales of Fairy Times (1856). She was blind from infancy. In her writings, she recounts how she learned by heart the lessons which her brothers and sisters said aloud every evening, and how she bribed them to read to her by doing their chores. In 1840, her first poem was published, and she published a complete volume of poems in 1844, and a second volume in 1848. In 1847, she left Donegal for Edinburgh with one of her sisters as her reader and amanuensis. She quickly established herself in literary circles, and wrote essays, reviews, stories, and poems, in spite of health problems. In 1852, she moved to London, where she wrote her first novel, My Share of the World (1861).

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 Excerpt: ...near them, that Clutch was glad to throw down his shears, and run behind the old man for safety. "' Good father,' cried he,' I will shear sheep, but not wolves.' "' They must be shorn,' said the old man, 'or you go back to the plains, and them after you; but whichever of you can shear them will get the whole flock.' "On hearing this, Clutch began to exclaim on his hard fortune, and his brother who had brought him there to be hunted and devoured by wolves; but Kind, thinking that things could be no worse, caught up the shears he had thrown away in his fright, and went boldly up to the nearest wolf. To his great surprise the wild creature seemed to know him, and stood quietly to be shorn, while the rest of the flock gathered round as if waiting their turn. Kind clipped neatly, but not too close, as he had wished his brother to do with the sheep, and heaped up the hair on one side. When he had done with one, another came forward, and Kind went on shearing by the bright moonlight till the whole flock were shorn. Then the old man said--"' Ye have done well, take the wool and the flock for your wages, return with them to the plain, and if you please, take this littleworth brother of yours for a boy to keep them.' "Kind did not much like keeping wolves, but before he could make answer, they had all changed into the very sheep which had G strayed away so strangely. All of them had grown fatter and thicker of fleece, and the hair he had cut off lay by his side, a heap of wool so fine and soft that its like had never been seen on the plain. "Clutch gathered it up in his empty bag, and glad was he to go back to the plain with his brother; for the old man sent them away with their flock, saying no man must see the dawn of day on that pastu...

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