The Writer's Archive for Monday, January 26th, 2026
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The Writer's Archive for Monday, January 26th, 2026
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Show Notes: Monday, January 26, 2026
Today's Feature: The 194th birthday of Jules Vallès, the 175th birthday of Mary Augusta Ward, and the 126th birthday of Seán Ó Faoláin.
Deep Dive:
Jules Vallès: The French radical whose trilogy Jacques Vingtras brought the language of the street to the French novel.
Mary Augusta Ward: A look at the Victorian "novel of ideas" and the woman who wrote the million-selling Robert Elsmere.
Seán Ó Faoláin: The Irish short story master who fought for independence and then fought against the censorship of his own country.
Poem: "The Shepherdess" by Alice Meynell (Public Domain).
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