Lucy Luck (1848-1922):Researching Writing Lives
The opportunity to write about a memoir of a working-class writer has been a greatly rewarding process. Upon first encountering the task …
The opportunity to write about a memoir of a working-class writer has been a greatly rewarding process. Upon first encountering the task …
A Little of My Life. Mrs. Lucy Luck The London Mercury, Vol. XIII Nov. 1925- April 1926 Ed. by J.C.Squire The following …
Lucy’s home-life following her childhood in the workhouse offers an insight into the hardships and instability facing many working-class people and families …
Lucy’s education is a section of her memoir that provides insight into the elements of school life that are not directly linked …
“Mother used to sit and write it at night when she couldn’t sleep” The memoir of Lucy Luck is one of great …
“I always liked my work very much and although I had trouble with it when I first learnt, it has been a …
“My father I will sum up in a very few words. I had been given to understand that he was an experienced …
Lucy’s working life at the silk mills Like so many Victorians, Lucy’s life is dominated by work and is an aspect of …
“How often I was tempted to lead a bad life, but there always seemed to be a hand to hold me back.” …
456 LUCK, Lucy, ‘A Little of My Life’, edited by J. C. Squire, London Mercury, Vol. xiii, No.76, Nov 1925-Apr 1926, pp.354-73. …