Order of Mary Ann Shaughnessy Books
Mary Ann Shaughnessy is the protagonist in a series of regional fiction novels by English novelist Catherine Cookson. Mary Ann is a poor young girl who lives in a dockland tenement in Tyneside, North East England. Her goal is to find a better life for her family. The series is also known as the Mary Ann Stories.
Catherine Cookson began her Mary Ann Shaughnessy series in 1954 with the novel A Grand Man. The series contains nine novels and concluded in 1991 with the novel Bill and the Mary Ann Shaughnessy. Below is a list of Catherine Cookson’s Mary Ann Shaughnessy books in order of when they were first published (which is the same as their chronological order):
Publication Order of Mary Ann Shaughnessy Books
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A Grand Man |
(1954) |
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The Lord and Mary Ann |
(1956) |
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The Devil and Mary Ann |
(1958) |
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Love and Mary Ann |
(1961) |
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Life and Mary Ann |
(1962) |
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Marriage and Mary Ann |
(1964) |
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Mary Ann’s Angels |
(1965) |
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Mary Ann and Bill |
(1967) |
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Bill and the Mary Ann Shaughnessy |
(2011) |