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Ardath: Mary Mackay Was A British Novelist Who Began Her Career As A Musician, Adopting The Name Marie Corelli For Her Billing. She Gave Up Music, Turning To Writing - Softcover
Mary Mackay was a British novelist who began her career as a musician, adopting the name Marie Corelli for her billing. She gave up music, turning to writing instead and in 1886 published her first novel, A Romance of Two Worlds. In her time, she was the most widely read author of fiction but came under harsh criticism from many of the literary elite for her overly melodramatic and emotional writing.
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Marie Corelli (1855 - 1924) was an English novelist and mystic. She enjoyed a period of great literary success from the publication of her first novel in 1886 until World War I. Corelli's novels sold more copies than the combined sales of popular contemporaries, including Arthur Conan Doyle, H. G. Wells, and Rudyard Kipling. Mackay began her career as a musician, adopting the name Marie Corelli for her billing. Eventually she turned to writing and published her first novel, A Romance of Two Worlds, in 1886. In her time, she was the most widely read author of fiction. Her works were collected by Winston Churchill, Randolph Churchill and members of the British Royal Family, among others.
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- PublisherDodo Press
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1406515396
- ISBN 13 9781406515398
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages548
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