James Stephens (1882-1950) was an Irish novelist and poet. Stephens wrote many retellings of Irish fairy tales. "The Charwoman's Daughter" originally appeared i

MARY MAKEBELIEVE lived with her mother in a small room at the very top of a big, dingy house in a Dublin back street. As long as she could remember she had live

An old woman who spends her days scrubbing the floors might be an unlikely damsel in distress, but Lord Dunsany proves once again his mastery of the fantastical

The Charwoman's DaughterBy James Stephens