JESSIE FOTHERGILL
\d͡ʒˈɛsi fˈʌðəɡˌɪl], \dʒˈɛsi fˈʌðəɡˌɪl], \dʒ_ˈɛ_s_i f_ˈʌ_ð_ə_ɡ_ˌɪ_l]\
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An English story-teller; born at Manchester, June 7, 1851; died at London, July 1891. Her stories show a keen faculty of observation; among them are: "Healey, a Romance" (1875); "The First Violin" (1878), in which German life is faithfully portrayed; "Probation" (1879); "Kith and Kin" (1881); "The Lasses of Laverhouse" (1888); "Oriole's Daughter" (1893).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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