Molly Bawn (novel)

Molly Bawn

Author	Margaret Wolfe Hungerford
Language	English
Genre	Drama
Publication date	1878
Publication place	Ireland
Media type	Print

Molly Bawn is an 1878 novel by the Irish writer Margaret Wolfe Hungerford. In 1916 it was adapted into a silent film of the same title starring Alma Taylor. ^[1]

Molly Bawn, Hungerford's best-known novel, is the story of a frivolous, petulant Irish girl. She is a flirt who arouses her lover's jealousy and naively ignores social conventions. Mrs. Hungerford and this book are mentioned in chapter 18 of James Joyce's Ulysses:

...Molly bawn she gave me by Mrs Hungerford on account of the name I don't like books with a Molly in them like that one he brought me about the one from Flanders...

Molly Bawn contains Hungerford's most famous proverb: "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." ^{[2] [3] [4]}

References

1. Goble p.871
2. Hungerford, MW (1878). Molly Bawn ISBN   1537606069
3. "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder". phrases.org.uk. The Phrase Finder. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
4. "Margaret Hungerford Quotes and Quotations". Famous Quotes and Authors. Retrieved 9 August 2013.

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.