Daisy Burns (Volume 1)

"Daisy Burns (Volume 1)" by Julia Kavanagh is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The story centers around a young girl named Margaret Burns, who lives in solitude with her father, a physician, in a remote cottage. The narrative unfolds her experiences, emotions, and interactions as she navigates childhood innocence amidst loss and change. At the start of the book, we find Margaret deeply affected by her father's death, which leads her to reflect on her past and her current state of isolation. As she struggles with feelings of grief and jealousy over her father's friendship with Cornelius O'Reilly, a visiting family friend, Margaret's character emerges as both proud and sensitive. The opening portrays a poignant blend of nostalgia and sorrow, illustrating her struggle to cope with her new reality. It sets the foundation for her future interactions as she transitions from her sheltered upbringing to the complexities of a broader world, signified by her eventual connection to Cornelius and the anticipation of life beyond the confines of her father's cottage. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Julia Kavanagh was an Irish novelist, born at Thurles in County Tipperary, Ireland—then part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Her numerous contributions to literature have classified her as one of the non-canonical minor novelists of the Victorian period (1837–1901). Although she is mainly known for the novel and tales she wrote, she also published important non-fiction works that explored the theme of female political, moral and philosophical contributions to society. The appeal of her works is represented by the fact that several of her works have been translated into French, German, Italian and Swedish. Her texts also reached North America, where some of her works appeared in Littell's Living Age, an American magazine. Moreover, she was known to celebrated writers of domestic fiction such as Charles Dickens.