Jessie Fothergill (1851 - 1891) - Author Collection

Miss Fothergill's novels largely depict life on the moorland, in the factories of Lancashire and Yorkshire; but she combined with the fruits of her observation of the places where her life was mainly spent, enthusiastic descriptions of the influence of music. Her plots were rather less satisfactorily devised than her studies of character, which were usually subtly and powerfully portrayed.