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Mary Elizabeth Jennings
A little-known late 19th-century writer, remembered today for a vivid historical tale of courage in a Swiss mountain village. Her surviving work has a classic moral warmth that fits well with older family and juvenile fiction.
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The brave little maid of Goldau
by Mary Elizabeth Jennings
About the author
Mary Elizabeth Jennings is an obscure author, and only a small amount of reliable biographical information is easy to confirm online. She is credited as the author of The Brave Little Maid of Goldau, a short illustrated work published in New York by Anson D. F. Randolph & Company in 1892.
That book, now available through Project Gutenberg, is historical fiction for younger readers. It tells the story of a disaster in the Swiss village of Goldau and centers on bravery, loss, and resilience, giving modern listeners a glimpse of the earnest storytelling style popular in children's literature of the period.
Because confirmed personal details about her life are scarce in the sources reviewed, Jennings is best introduced through her work itself: a compact, dramatic story shaped by compassion, danger, and a strong sense of character.