Dinah Maria Mulock Craik (1826–1887)
Author of The Little Lame Prince
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Works by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
Hannah 8 copies
The Ogilvies 6 copies
My Mother and I: A Girl's Love Story 5 copies
Young Mrs. Jardine 5 copies
Two marriages 4 copies
The woman's kingdom. A love story 3 copies
An Unknown Country 3 copies
Fairy book 3 copies
Studies from life 3 copies
Alice Learmont; or, A mother's love 2 copies
Hop-o'-my thumb, and other stories 2 copies
Miss Tommy : a mediaeval romance 2 copies
The Little Lame Prince 2 copies
Merlin and Tom Thumb 1 copy
The head of the family 1 copy
Nothing New 1 copy
John Halifax Gentleman 1 copy
Hverdagshistorier 1 copy
Christina Rossetti: 'Maude' and Dinah Mulock Craik: 'On Sisterhoods' and 'A Woman's Thoughts About Women' (Women's Classics Series) — Author — 1 copy
A Hero and Other Tales 1 copy
Stories for Children Part- I 1 copy
Stories of Romance 1 copy
John Halifax, Cavalheiro 1 copy
Nothing new. Tales 1 copy
The head of the family 1 copy
Lord Erlistoun 1 copy
A Low Marriage 1 copy
Associated Works
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 4th Edition, Volume 2 (1979) — Contributor — 272 copies, 1 review
The Mammoth Book of Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories (1995) — Contributor — 174 copies, 4 reviews
Companion Library: The Little Lame Prince / The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood (1874) 117 copies, 1 review
The Dedalus Book of British Fantasy: 19th Century (European Literary Fantasy Anthologies) (1991) — Contributor — 47 copies
Enchanted Ideologies: A Collection of Rediscovered Nineteenth-Century English Moral Fairy Tales (2010) — Contributor — 6 copies
Ugoszczone Duchy 1 copy
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- Other names
- Mulock, Dinah Maria (birth name)
- Birthdate
- 1826-04-20
- Date of death
- 1887-10-12
- Gender
- female
- Education
- Brampton House Academy
- Occupations
- children's book author
novelist
poet - Relationships
- Craik, George Lillie (spouse)
Barry, John Arthur (nibling) - Short biography
- Dinah Maria Mulock was born at Hartshill, Stoke-upon-Trent. She wrote poetry from an early age and helped her mother teach in a small school. In 1831 the family went to live at Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire where she attended Brampton House Academy. After the death of her mother, Dinah moved to London, where she continued to study modern and classical languages, drawing and music, and worked on her writing. Her first published work was a poem celebrating the birth of Queen Victoria's daughter Vicky, the Princess Royal, in 1841. She wrote stories and novels for children and her success drew her into London literary circles. Some of her works were signed D.M.M., Miss Mulock, or Mrs. Craik.
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Hartshill, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK (Birthplace)
London, England, UK
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England, UK
Kent, England, UK - Place of death
- Shortlands, Kent, England, UK
- Burial location
- Keston, Kent, England, UK
- Map Location
- England, UK
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This book was a 2-day vacation for me.
In the current lockdown situation, it's the best I can hope for.
But... it's pretty good!
With my Kindle in my hand and Google Maps on my laptop, I "traveled" Cornwall right along with Mrs. Craik and savored the bleak and stunning beauty of St. Michael's Mount, "Lizard," Tintagel, and more. In this age of high definition photography and Google Street View, there are worse things than armchair traveling with a witty and thoughtful Victorian lady novelist. I show more highly recommend the experience, and I will probably try to do it with other Victorian travelogues that I happen upon.
Mrs. Craik, middle-aged at the time of this trip in 1881, has longed to travel to Cornwall for most of her life. Finally she decides to do it, along with two young girls (her daughters?). For two weeks, they scramble along rocky shores, savor ocean sunsets, and eat the most delicious afternoon tea meals, with lots of clotted cream. There's Arthurian myth, there's beautiful landscapes, there's storm and sun, there are lovable hostesses and unfailingly helpful guides. It's a glorious time.
It's a relatively short read, which is good, because you will spend SO much extra time Googling and side-tripping while you read.
Note: This would probably be a 3-star read without the aid of Google Maps :) These are places you really need to have a visual on. show less
In the current lockdown situation, it's the best I can hope for.
But... it's pretty good!
With my Kindle in my hand and Google Maps on my laptop, I "traveled" Cornwall right along with Mrs. Craik and savored the bleak and stunning beauty of St. Michael's Mount, "Lizard," Tintagel, and more. In this age of high definition photography and Google Street View, there are worse things than armchair traveling with a witty and thoughtful Victorian lady novelist. I show more highly recommend the experience, and I will probably try to do it with other Victorian travelogues that I happen upon.
Mrs. Craik, middle-aged at the time of this trip in 1881, has longed to travel to Cornwall for most of her life. Finally she decides to do it, along with two young girls (her daughters?). For two weeks, they scramble along rocky shores, savor ocean sunsets, and eat the most delicious afternoon tea meals, with lots of clotted cream. There's Arthurian myth, there's beautiful landscapes, there's storm and sun, there are lovable hostesses and unfailingly helpful guides. It's a glorious time.
It's a relatively short read, which is good, because you will spend SO much extra time Googling and side-tripping while you read.
Note: This would probably be a 3-star read without the aid of Google Maps :) These are places you really need to have a visual on. show less
What a wonderful book to read after some of the more modern stuff I had picked up. Great atmosphere, terrific characters, lovely sense of place. I appreciated the growth of the folks in this book. There were some things about class that I didn't quite understand, but found that a learning experience of Britain at that time. Fascinating. I will look for more by Mrs Craik.
I went to Art Park back in the 80s, an outdoor theater-on-the-grass, to see a musical of The Little Prince. I was like, “Wait a minute, this isn’t the story! What’s with all the planets?” Silly me. It was an adaptation of the Little Prince called The Little Prince and the Aviator, and not what I was thinking at all. The book I loved was The Little Lame Prince by Miss Mulock (Dinah Maria Mulock Craik). My copy is by M. A. Donohue & Co. and has no copyright date. I'm guessing circa show more 1914 based on the dates of the publishers other books listed in the ad at the back of my book (at 40¢ each). I had no idea when I read it that it was originally published in 1875.
A bumbling nurse drops the baby prince on his christening day and cripples him. His fairy godmother sees it happen. The Queen dies, then the King dies, and his Uncle locks him in the tower where he stays for 15 years. A depressing story, now that I think of it, until his godmother brings him a magic cloak. With it he is able to travel all over the world. As he grows he is told that he is the true King. When the wicked Uncle dies the people find out that the Prince is not dead as they had been told and becomes the King. Anyway, typical Victorian gloom and doom writing. I did love the idea of a magic traveling cloak, but I think what I got out of it was the handicap child’s ability to overcome adversity, although most likely not the intention of the author. This was the first read alone chapter book I read as a child that had tragedy and death so it had quite the impact on me.
It is part of my top five all time favorite books listed here http://historysleuth.org/2013/03/childhood-books-shape-your-life/ show less
A bumbling nurse drops the baby prince on his christening day and cripples him. His fairy godmother sees it happen. The Queen dies, then the King dies, and his Uncle locks him in the tower where he stays for 15 years. A depressing story, now that I think of it, until his godmother brings him a magic cloak. With it he is able to travel all over the world. As he grows he is told that he is the true King. When the wicked Uncle dies the people find out that the Prince is not dead as they had been told and becomes the King. Anyway, typical Victorian gloom and doom writing. I did love the idea of a magic traveling cloak, but I think what I got out of it was the handicap child’s ability to overcome adversity, although most likely not the intention of the author. This was the first read alone chapter book I read as a child that had tragedy and death so it had quite the impact on me.
It is part of my top five all time favorite books listed here http://historysleuth.org/2013/03/childhood-books-shape-your-life/ show less
Quality chick-lit at the level of minor Jane Austin, this novel is an alternating hers/his journals and letters which unfold a romance covering for arguments for anti capital punishment, prison reform and New Testament over Old Testament theology . The subtlety may have been better than that of contemporaneous Dickens.
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