James Stephens (1882-1950) was born in Dublin and became famous in 1912 with the publication of The Charwoman's Daughter and The Crock of Gold. The Charwoman's Daughter tells the story of Mary Makebelieve, who is (you guessed it) the daughter of a charwoman. She lives with her mother in a single room with no running water, at "the top of a big ( Read more... )