Alicia Sheridan Le Fanu

Both of FS 's daughters became writers. They married cousins, so that each acquired the married surname of Le Fanu or Lefanu. Alicia (1753-1817) adapted her mother's youthful romance for the stage and had a...

Before she left London, MT met there her fellow Irish poet Tom Moore . He subsequently visited her in Dublin and complimented her in verse. She exchanged poems with Barbarina Wilmot (later Lady Dacre) ...

While working for the Featherstones, Sydney Owenson met Thomas Moore at a party given above his parents' grocery shop in Aungier Street, Dublin. She gained access to Ireland's bluestocking circle through Alicia or Alice Lefanu

FS 's daughter Alicia Lefanu adapted Eugenia and Adelaide for the stage, and may have arranged its publication.Eugenia and Adelaide. A Novel appeared anonymously from Dilly in 1791.

SOLM was, throughout her career, torn between the feminine, impulsive, emotional aspect of herself and the learned, even pedantic aspect. She early confided in Alicia Lefanu that the most powerful element in her complex, powerful...