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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: Cissie Law

Author: Cissie Law (1864–1914)

Alternate Name(s): Maria Jane Law (maiden name); Joynson (married name)

Biography: Marie Jane Law was born in 1864, the daughter of Thomas Charles Law. She wrote the novel Pierce Moran (1893) and another serialized novel in 1897. In 1895, she married physician Owen Fenner Joynson in Burnley. She died in 1914 in Padiham after a long illness.

References: British Census (1881, 1891, 1901, 1911); Burnley News (3 October 1914)

Fiction Titles:

  1. Pierce Moran.  1 vol.  London: Digby, Long, 1893.