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Mary de Morgan (24 February 1850 – 1907) was an English writer and the author of three volumes of fairytales: ''On a Pincushion'' (1877); ''The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde'' (1880); and ''The Windfairies'' (1900). These volumes appeared together in the collection ''The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde – The Complete Fairy Stories of Mary de Morgan'', published by Victor Gollancz Ltd in 1963, with an introduction by Roger Lancelyn Green. Though de Morgan is one of the lesser known authors of literary fairytales, her works, heavily influenced by Hans Christian Andersen, are remarkable in deviating from the fairytale norm – often not including a happy ending, or not having the protagonist gain wealth or power (rather procuring the wisdom of recognising the value of living without these things); and in the satirical element of political comment in her works.〔Marilyn Pemberton "(Mary de Morgan: Out of the Morrisian Shadow )", University of Warwick〕 According to the ''Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folk Tales and Fairy Tales'', the fairytales of Mary de Morgan played a "comprehensive and central role" in her era in the evolution of the literary fairytale. Her story, ''The Toy Princess'', was featured on the BBC children's TV show ''Jackanory'' in 1966, and the same story featured on ''Jackanory Playhouse'' in 1981.〔(Mary de Morgan ), IMDB.com〕 It has been suggested that her gender plays a part in her relative obscurity, and that she is deserving of far more acclaim.〔(Project MUSE – Children's Literature – The Golden Harp: Mary de Morgan's Centrality in Victorian Fairy-Tale Literature ). Muse.jhu.edu. Retrieved on 2011-01-11.〕 Her brother, potter, tile designer and novelist William de Morgan, illustrated her first volume.〔(Internet Book List :: Author Information: Mary de Morgan ). Iblist.com. Retrieved on 2011-01-11.〕 == Biography == Mary de Morgan, the youngest daughter of distinguished mathematician Augustus de Morgan, was born in 7 Camden Street, London, on 24 February 1850.〔Introduction to ''The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde – The Complete Fairy Stories of Mary De Morgan'', Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1963〕 In her youth, Mary earned herself a reputation for tactlessness, apparently at one point telling Henry Holiday, "All artists are fools! Look at yourself and Mr. Solomon!" Mrs. Poynter, wife of the artist Edward Poynter, wrote in a letter to her sister Alice, "She chattered awfully, and Louie, she is only just fifteen. I believe a judicious course of snubbing would do her good!" She also apparently said something to offend a young Bernard Shaw who, according to Lancelyn Green, "hated her exceedingly".〔 Following her father's death in 1871, she resided with her brother William in his Chelsea house〔 until his marriage in 1887, after which she lived in lodgings, making a living as a typist.〔 Mostly during her time living with William, Mary told stories to her own nephews and nieces, as well as to the children of friends and family, many among them artists and writers of note. Jenny and May Morris, children of William Morris; a young Rudyard Kipling and his sister, as well as their cousins, the Burne-Joneses and the Mackails. Angela Thirkell, née Mackail, and her brother, Denis Mackail, both novelists, were treated to the stories of Mary de Morgan in their youth.〔 William Morris was fond of her stories, and when he was dying in 1896, Mary came to nurse him.〔 ''The Windfairies'', published in 1900, was her last collection of fairytales. de Morgan died of tuberculosis in Cairo, Egypt, in 1907.〔〔(AIM25 text-only browsing: Senate House Library, University of London: De Morgan family ). Aim25.ac.uk. Retrieved on 2011-01-11.〕 She had moved there for the sake of her health, and taken charge of a reform school for girls in Helwan (or Helouan).〔(Read the ebook William De Morgan and his wife by A. M. W. (Anna Maria Wilhelmina) Stirling ). Ebooksread.com. Retrieved on 2011-01-11.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mary de Morgan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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