author
Alice Corkran
d. 1916
A gifted Irish writer of children’s fiction, Alice Corkran brought imagination, warmth, and a strong sense of adventure to books such as Bessie Lang and Down the Snow Stairs. She also helped shape girls’ reading as an editor of influential Victorian magazines.
4 Audiobooks
Down the Snow Stairs; Or, From Good-Night to Good-Morning
by Alice Corkran
Meg's Friend: A Story for Girls
by Alice Corkran
Stories jolly: stories new: stories strange & stories true : A series of new and original tales for boys and girls from six to fourteen years old
by H. C. (Henry Cadwallader) Adams, R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne, S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould, Fanny Barry, Frances Clare, Alice Corkran, George Manville Fenn, Agnes Giberne, Mrs. A. M. Goodhart, G. A. (George Alfred) Henty, Katharine S. (Katharine Sarah) Macquoid, Mrs. Molesworth, Helen A. Wilmot-Buxton, Emma Wood, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
The National Gallery
by Alice Corkran
About the author
Born in Paris to Irish parents, Alice Corkran grew up surrounded by writers and artists in her mother’s literary salon. The family’s circle included Robert Browning and William Makepeace Thackeray, and Corkran later recalled her childhood friendship with Browning’s father.
Corkran published her first novel, Bessie Lang, in 1876 and became best known for her engaging stories for young readers, including Down the Snow Stairs, Margery Merton’s Girlhood, and Meg’s Friend. Her writing was praised for its delicacy, warmth, and imaginative charm.
She edited Bairn’s Annual and later served as editor and contributor to The Girl’s Realm. Through the magazine, she founded the Guild of Service and Good Fellowship, which supported charitable causes including a hospital cot for sick children. She died in 1916.