Matilda Jane Evans
Matilda Jane Evans | |
|---|---|
| Born | Matilda Jane Congreve 7 August 1827 Surrey, England |
| Died | 22 October 1886 (aged 59) |
| Other names | Maud Jeanne Franc |
| Occupation | novelist |
| Spouse | Rev. Ephraim Evans |
Henrietta Matilda Jane Evans (née Congreve) (7 August 1827 – 22 October 1886) was a British-born-Australian novelist, who wrote under the pseudonym Maud Jean Franc.
Matilda was the elder daughter of Dr Henry Congreve and his wife Elizabeth Ann, née Jacob of Peckham, England.[1]
Bibliography
- Marian; or the light of Some One's Home (1860)
- second edition (1861)
- Vermont Vale (1866)
- Emily's Choice (1867)
- Minnie's Mission: an Australian Temperance Tale (1869)
- Golden Gifts (1869)
- Silken Cords and Iron Fetters (1870)
- John's Wife (1874)
- Hall's Vineyard (1875)
- Little Mercy (1878)
- Beatrice Melton's Discipline (1880)
- The Master of Ralston (1880)
- Jem's hopes : and how they were realised (1881)
- No Longer a Child (1882)
- Two Sides to Every Question (1883)
- At the Well (1883)
- Into the Light (1885)
- Fern hollow, or, Old life in new lands (1885)
References
- ^ "Family Notices". South Australian Register. Adelaide. 17 February 1860. p. 2. Retrieved 14 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia. According to this reference, she was "the third daughter of the late Dr. Congreve of Peckham".
Sources
- Serle, Percival (1949). "Evans, Matilda Jane". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- H. J. Finnis, "Evans, Matilda Jane (1827 - 1886)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 4, Melbourne University Press, 1972, p. 143. Retrieved on 12 October 2008
- Allen, Margaret Matilda Jane Evans 1827 - 1886 deaconess 200 Australian Women, Pandora, NLA
- Evans, Matilda Jane (1827–1886) Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University,
External links
- Works by Maud Jean Franc at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Franc, Maud Jeanne WorldCat