author
Mrs. S. C. Hall
1800–1881
An Irish novelist and sketch writer with a sharp eye for everyday life, she became widely known for stories that brought Irish characters and domestic scenes to a broad 19th-century readership. Writing as "Mrs. S. C. Hall," she also worked across children's books, plays, and magazine pieces.
3 Audiobooks
The Buccaneer: A Tale
by Mrs. S. C. Hall
The Forlorn Hope: A Tale of Old Chelsea
by Mrs. S. C. Hall
Turns of Fortune, and Other Tales
by Mrs. S. C. Hall
About the author
Born Anna Maria Fielding in Dublin on January 6, 1800, she later became known to readers as Mrs. S. C. Hall. She moved from Ireland to England as a teenager and built a long literary career, publishing fiction, sketches, and articles that often drew on Irish life and manners.
Her early success came with work such as Sketches of Irish Character, and she went on to write many books, stories, and plays. She was married to Samuel Carter Hall, a writer and editor, and the two also collaborated on some projects.
Today she is remembered as a notable 19th-century Irish author whose writing helped shape popular Victorian ideas about home, feeling, and national character. She died on January 30, 1881.