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Novel 321: Arabella Kenealy, Molly and Her Man of War (1893)

James Jacques Joseph Tissot, Room Overlooking the Harbour
James Jacques Joseph Tissot, Room Overlooking the Harbour

Two cousins tour Italy on a yacht; one falls in love with an American sailor.

Arabella Kenealy (1859-1938) wrote some 25 novels between 1893 and 1917, many with feminist implications.

“A spirit of audacious flippancy and rather determined light-heartedness informs the thing and keeps it moving.” Athenaeum, February 10, 1894

“Rollicking fun and humour enliven every page of Miss Kenealy’s book. . . .  Miss Kenealy is a daring satirist; sometimes she is a savage one. . . .  The story is an antidote for the ‘blues.’”  Academy, March 3, 1894

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