In religion RNC
was an earnest HighAnglican
. Her friend Helen Marion Burnside
said she had never known a writer who so consistently lived her religion, to the extent of putting family duties before her writing.
qtd. in
Wilson, Katharina M. et al., editors. Women Writers of Great Britain and Europe: An Encyclopedia. Garland, 1997.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Friends, Associates
Rosa Nouchette Carey
After Blind
, Carey counted among her friends the novelist Ellen Wood
. Her life seems to have been quite retired, and centred on her family. From about 1875 she lived with another friend, a...
During Carey's lifetime her friend Helen Marion Burnside
compiled The Rosa Nouchette Carey
Birthday Book, for which she also wrote introductory verses.
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.
Reception
Rosa Nouchette Carey
In an interview with Helen C. Black, Helen Marion Burnside
remarked that RNC
did not in the least realize that she has her place in the literary world as other contemporary authors have.
qtd. in
Black, Helen C. Notable Women Authors of the Day. Maclaren, 1906.