Rosa Nouchette Carey

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RNC , writing in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, was the author of about forty very popular novels of domestic life, many of them aimed at girls and young people. Although quite conventional romances, her books tend to stress the value of meaningful work for women both within and beyond the home.

Milestones

24 September 1840

RNC was born at Stratford-le-Bow (now in East London), the second-youngest both of the seven children who survived, and of the five girls in the family.
Wilson, Katharina M. et al., editors. Women Writers of Great Britain and Europe: An Encyclopedia. Garland.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

By 5 December 1868

Rosa Nouchette Carey 's first novel, a family saga entitled Nellie's Memories: a Domestic Story, appeared under her own name: it was an instant success and sold more than 52,000 copies.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
2145 (1868): 750
Crisp, Jane. Rosa Nouchette Carey (1840-1909): A Bibliography. University of Queensland, p. iv, 48 pp.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

19 July 1909

RNC died of lung cancer at her house, named Sandilands, in Keswick Road, Putney; the Times published an obituary notice the next day.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Wilson, Katharina M. et al., editors. Women Writers of Great Britain and Europe: An Encyclopedia. Garland.

By 16 September 1909

In the year of RNC 's death appeared the novel The Key of the Unknown; the previous year she had published another, The Sunny Side of the Hill.
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
TLS Centenary Archive Centenary Archive [1902-2012]. http://www.gale.com/c/the-times-literary-supplement-historical-archive.
401 (16 September 1909): 339

Biography

This pseudonym appears on four thrillers whose attribution to RNC has been challenged.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

Birth and Family

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