Selina Bunbury

Selina Bunbury (1802–1882) was an Anglo-Irish novelist and traveler.

Selina Bunbury
Born1802
Castlebellingham, County Louth
Died1882
Cheltenham
OccupationWriter

Early life

Selina Bunbury was born at Kilsaran Rectory near Castlebellingham, County Louth.[1][2] She was a twin, and one of fifteen children of a Protestant minister, Rev. Henry Bunbury.[3][4] The Bunbury family moved to Dublin in 1819, and to Liverpool about 1830.[5]

Career

Bunbury was a prolific author,[1] writing nearly a hundred volumes of both fiction and non-fiction, for young readers and a general audience, beginning with Visit to my Birthplace (1821).[6] Her writing had "a strong proselytizing and moral component".[4] "Miss Bunbury is an experienced, an observant, and a discriminating traveller," commented an 1853 reviewer, "with but one fault we can discover — a violent Tractarian tinge, which, however, does not render her book less amusing."[7]

Bunberry traveled from Stockholm to Rome in 1847 and 1848, becoming a first-hand witness to revolution and upheaval in several parts of Europe.[8] Her travel writing included My Early Adventures During the Peninsular Campaign of Napoleon (1834),[9] Evenings in the Pyrenees (1845),[10] A visit to the catacombs, or first Christian cemeteries of Rome, and a midnight visit to mount Vesuvius (1849),[11] Evelyn, or, A journey from Stockholm to Rome in 1847-48 (1849),[12] Life in Sweden (1853),[13] A Summer in Northern Europe (1856),[14] Russia After the War (1857)[15] and My First Travels (1859).[16]

Some of her books continued to be published long after her death in 1882, including American editions of Fanny, the flower girl, or Honesty rewarded (1911).[17]

Personal life

Bunbury kept house for her twin brother until he married in 1845.[5] She died in 1882 at her nephew's home in Cheltenham, aged 80 years.[1][8]

Selected works
  • A Visit to My Birthplace (1821)[6]
  • Cabin Conversations and Castle Scenes (1827)[3]
  • My Foster Brother (1827)[3]
  • Stories from Church History (1828)[18]
  • Annot and her Pupil (1829)[19]
  • Gertrude and her family (1830)[20]
  • My Early Adventures During the Peninsular Campaign of Napoleon (1834)[9]
  • The Abbey of Innesmoyle: A Story of Another Century (1839)[21]
  • Coombe Alley: An Historical Tale of the Reign of James the First (1843)[22]
  • The Star of the Court, Or, the Maid of Honour and Queen of England, Anne Boleyn (1844)[23]
  • The castle and the hovel: or, The two sceptics (1844)[24]
  • Evenings in the Pyrenees (1845)[10]
  • The Indian Babes in the Wood, taken from fact (1845)[25]
  • Glory, Glory, Glory and other narratives (1847)[26]
  • Evelyn, or, A journey from Stockholm to Rome in 1847-48 (1849)[12]
  • The blind clergyman, and his little guide (1850)[27]
  • The brother's sacrifice; A French story (1851)[28]
  • Life in Sweden (1853)[13]
  • Our Own Story (1856)[29]
  • A Summer in Northern Europe (1856)[14]
  • Russia After the War (1857)[15]
  • Sir Guy d'Esterre (1858)[30]
  • My First Travels (1859)[16]
  • Madame Constance (1861)[31]
  • The violet-seller, or, Honesty and industry (1861)[32]
  • Tales (1862)[33]
  • Florence Manvers (1865)[34]
  • Lady Flora (1870)[31]

References
  1. "Selina Bunbury". Orlando Project. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  2. "Irish Fiction". The Irish Monthly. 44 (517): 474–476. 1916. ISSN 2009-2113. JSTOR 20504638.
  3. "Selina Bunbury (1802-82)". Ricorso. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  4. Hansson, Heidi (2011), "Selina Bunbury, Religion, and the Woman Writer", in Murphy, James H. (ed.), The Oxford History of the Irish Book, vol. IV, Oxford University Press, pp. 322–330, doi:10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780198187318.003.0025, ISBN 978-0-19-818731-8
  5. Sutherland, John (1990). The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-8047-1842-4.
  6. Bunbury, Selina (1828). Visit to my birth-place / by the author of The Pastor's tales, &c. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Boston, Mass. : J. Loring's Sabbath School Book-Store.
  7. "Life in Sweden (review)". The Standard. 16 July 1853. p. 3. Retrieved 11 March 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Hansson, Heidi (2008). "Selina Bunbury, the Pope, and the Question of Location". In Coughlan, Patricia; O'Toole, Tina (eds.). Irish Literature: Feminist Perspectives. Peter Lang. pp. 59–78. ISBN 978-1-904505-35-8.
  9. Bunbury, Selina (1834). My early adventure during the peninsular campaigns of Napoleon. The Library of Congress. Boston, J. Loring.
  10. Bunbury, Selina (1845). Evenings in the Pyrenées: comprising the stories of wanderers from many lands. London: J. Masters.
  11. Bunbury, Selina (1849). A visit to the catacombs, or first Christian cemeteries of Rome, and a midnight visit to mount Vesuvius. London.
  12. Bunbury, Selina (1849). Evelyn, or, A journey from Stockholm to Rome in 1847-48. University of California Libraries. London : R. Bentley.
  13. Bunbury, Selina (1853). Life in Sweden; with excursions in Norway and Denmark. Hurst and Blackett.
  14. Bunbury, Selina (1856). A summer in Northern Europe, including sketches in Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Aland Islands, Gothland, &c. New York Public Library. London, Hurst and Blackett.
  15. Bunbury, Selina (1857). Russia after the war : the narrative of a visit to that country in 1856. London : Hurst and Blackett.
  16. Bunbury, Selina (1859). My first travels : including rides in the Pyrenees, scenes during an inundation at Avignon, sketches in France and Savoy, visits to convents and houses of charity, &c., &c. Harvard University. London : T. Cautley Newby.
  17. Bunbury, Selina (1911). Fanny, the flower girl, or Honesty rewarded : to which are added other tales. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Information and Library Science Library. New York : Hurst & Co.
  18. Bunbury, Selina (1828). Stories from Church history, from the introduction of Christianity, to the sixteenth century, by the author of 'Early recollections'.
  19. Bunbury, Selina (1829). Annot and her pupil: a simple story. Boston: Peirce and Williams.
  20. Bunbury, Selina (1830). Gertrude and her family. By the author of "A visit to my birth-place" [i.e. S. Bunbury], etc. Richard Moore Tims.
  21. Bunbury, Selina (1839). The Abbey of Innismoyle: a story of another century. Dublin: W. Curry.
  22. Bunbury, Selina (1844). Coombe Abbey : an historical tale of the reign of James the First. University of California Libraries. Dublin : W. Curry.
  23. Bunbury, Selina (1844). The Star of the Court, Or, the Maid of Honour and Queen of England, Anne Boleyn. Grant.
  24. Bunbury, Selina (1844). The castle and the hovel: or, The two sceptics. B. Wertheim, Aldine Chambers.
  25. Bunbury, Selina (1991). The Indian babes in the wood. Taken from fact : By Miss Selina Bunbury. London : B. Wertheim, Aldine Chambers, Paternoster Row.
  26. Bunbury, Selina (1847). Glory, Glory, Glory and Other Narratives. R. Carter.
  27. Bunbury, Selina (1991). The blind clergyman, and his little guide : By Selina Bunbury. London : Wertheim and Macintosh, 24, Paternoster Row.
  28. Bunbury, Selina (1991). The brother's sacrifice. A French story : By Miss Selina Bunbury. A new edition. London : J. Masters, 33, Aldersgate Street, and 78, New Bond Street.
  29. "Our Own Story by Selina Bunbury (review)". The Caledonian Mercury. 3 March 1856. p. 2. Retrieved 11 March 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  30. Bunbury, Selina (1858). Sir Guy d'Esterre. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. London : G. Routledge & Co.
  31. "Author Information: Selina Bunbury". At the Circulating Library. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  32. Bunbury, Selina (1861). The violet-seller, or, Honesty and industry. New York General Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union and Church Book Society.
  33. Bunbury, Selina (1991). Tales: the recovered estate. The blind curate's child : Christmas eve in the forests of Sweden. By Selina Bunbury. London : Rivingtons, Waterloo Place. Oxford: W.R. Bowden, 35, Holywell- Street, Oxford.
  34. Bunbury, Selina (1991). Florence Manvers. In three volumes : By Selina Bunbury. London : T. Cautley Newby, Publisher, 30, Welbeck Street, Cavendish Square.
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