The Old Maid (Shorter)

Author(s): Dora Sigerson Shorter

Genre(s): Multi-version (weekly And Fortnightly Poetry)

Narrators: David Lawrence, Eric Burns, Newgatenovelist, Garth Burton, Greg Giordano, Larry Wilson, Leonard Wilson, Maria Kasper, Sandra Knight

Number of Chapters: 9

Length: 19 minutes

Language: English

Dora Maria Sigerson Shorter was an Irish poet and sculptor, who after her marriage in 1895 wrote under the name Dora Sigerson Shorter.

She was born in Dublin, Ireland, the daughter of George Sigerson, a surgeon and writer, and Hester (née Varian), also a writer. She was a major figure of the Irish Literary Revival, publishing many collections of poetry from 1893. Her friends included Katharine Tynan, Rose Kavanagh and Alice Furlong, writers and poets. - Summary by Wikipedia