The Lancashire & North West Magazine | August 2021

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Jessie Fothergill – a forgotten northern novelist By Margaret Brecknell

Manchester-born novelist Jessie Fothergill may have once appeared in a Victorian publication called Notable Women Authors of the Day, but today she and her literary works have been largely forgotten.

Above: Jessie Fothergill

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