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Margracia Loudon (c. 1788 – 1860) was an Irish novelist and political author. She is known for her political works Philanthropic Economy (1835), The Light of Mental Science (1845), The Voices of Bulgaria (1846).

Biography

Margracia Ryves was born around 1788 at Castle Ryves, near Knocklong, County Limerick, Ireland. She was the daughter of William Ryves, a landowner, and his wife, Frances Catherine Ryves, author of Cumbrian Legends; or, Tales of Other Times (1812). In 1830, she married Charles Loudon, a physician, and they settled in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England.[1][2]

Loudon was a popular novelist before turning to political writing. Her Philanthropic Economy (1835) became famous for its opposition to the Corn Laws, and actually predated the founding of the Anti-Corn Law League (1838). Her next work, The Light of Mental Science (1845), was influenced by phrenology. Her final non-fiction work, The Voices of Bulgaria (1846), focused on the plight of Christians in Ottoman-occupied Bulgaria and featured her own translations from Bulgarian.[1]

She died in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England in 1860.[1]

Bibliography

Novels

  • First Love: A Novel (1830)[3][2]
  • Fortune-Hunting: A Novel (1832)[2]
  • Dilemmas of Pride (1833)[2]
  • The Fortunes of Woman (1849)[2]
  • Maternal Love: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1849.[3][2]

Other works

  • Philanthropic Economy, or the Philosophy of Happiness, Practically Applied to the Social, Political, and Commercial Relations of Great Britain (1835)[4]
  • Corn Laws: Selections from Mrs Loudon's Philanthropic Economy (1842)[4]
  • The Light of Mental Science (1845)[2][4]
  • The Voices of Bulgaria (1846)[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c Richardson, Sarah (2013). The Political Worlds of Women. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis. ISBN 978-1-135-96486-3. OCLC 830161188.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Loeber, Rolf (2006). A guide to Irish fiction, 1650-1900. Dublin ; Portland, Or.: Four Courts. ISBN 978-1-85182-940-8.
  3. ^ a b "Author: Margracia Loudon". At the Circulating Library: A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  4. ^ a b c d Dictionary of Munster women writers, 1800 to 2000=Scríbhneoirí ban na Mumhan, 1800-2000. Cork: Cork University Press. 2005. ISBN 978-1-85918-388-5.


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