Elsa d'Esterre-Keeling

Elsa d'Esterre-Keeling (born Elizabeth Henrietta Keeling; 16 November 1857 – 13 January 1935) was an Irish-born novelist, translator and teacher.

Early life She was born in Dublin to John Keeling and Adelaide Eleonore Hughes. Her father was sentenced to prison when she was quite young and remained absent from her family. She, along with her mother and three sisters, moved to the German Empire in 1874. In Germany she continued her education and did translation work for the British Legation in Stuttgart and the British Consulate General in Frankfurt.

Select bibliography Three Sisters: or, Sketches of a Highly Original Family. 2 vol. London: Sampson Low, 1884. The Professor's Wooing: Being the Courtship of Monsieur La Mie. 2 vol. London: Sampson Low, 1886. In Thoughtland and in Dreamland. 1 vol. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1890. Orchardscroft: The Story of an Artist. 1 vol. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892. Appassionata: A Musician's Story. 1 vol. London: William Heinemann, 1893. Old Maids and Young. 1 vol. London: Cassell, 1895. A Return to Nature: A Kentish Idyll. 1 vol. London: Jarrold and Son, 1897. The Queen's Serf: Being the Adventures of Ambrose Gwinnett in England and Spanish America. 1 vol. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1898.