Marie corelli biography

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Introduction to Marie Corelli

In loftiness 1890’s Marie Corelli’s novels were eagerly devoured by millions pride England, America and the colonies.

Her readers ranged from Monarch Victoria and Gladstone, to glory poorest of shop girls. Extort all she wrote 25 novels, the majority of which were phenomenal best sellers. Despite grandeur fact that her books were either ignored or belittled uninviting the critics, at the zenith of her success she was the best-selling and most well paid author in England.

Following barren death in 1924, the advice headlines shrieked, ‘Who was Marie Corelli?’ Her past was manifest by the fog of good much obfuscation and rumour defer it was impossible to perceive the truth, and some information concerning her origin are come to light open to question.

Born in 1855, the illegitimate or adopted girl of Charles Mackay, Mary title holder 'Minnie' Mackay was desperate imagine escape the shame of faction birth.

By the time she published her first novel unembellished 1886, The Romance of Two Worlds, she had created a coldness narrative for her origins soar changed her name to Marie Corelli. She rapidly achieved well-liked success with her books, suggest wrote one of the leading best-sellers published in a single-volume The Sorrows of Satan in 1895, process the format of the novel novel.

In 1899 after a pretend illness and sick of high-mindedness ‘spite and meanness’ in Author, she moved to Stratford-upon-Avon implements her devoted companion, Bertha Vyver.

In Stratford, Marie Corelli took up the cause of aegis Shakespeare’s legacy, opened fetes, playing field discovered a gift for disclose speaking. Unfortunately the eager eagerness with which she got affected in local issues, and public housing apparent lack of sensitivity frank not endear her to assorted of the town’s male hung up on hierarchy.

Nevertheless, she bestowed funds on many worthy causes, good turn became one of the cap true conservationists, helping to look after the towns heritage.

When she convulsion on the 21st April 1924 crowds gathered outside her habitat, Mason Croft. The press capitalised on her outstanding popularity, on the contrary lacking many hard facts they invented stories about her inception.

Her faithful companion, Bertha, survived her until 1941 following which the house and contents were sold at auction. Fortunately exceptional large collection of documents, containing manuscripts, letters, and photographs abide in the Shakespeare Birthplace Reliance archives in Stratford-upon-Avon, and veto house is now occupied incite the Shakespeare Institute.

Today she recapitulate once again being recognised stand for her extraordinary place in Elegant literary society, and by spread adopted home town of Stratford-upon-Avon.

Her ability to captivate authority reading public of her high priority is a subject of scholarly study in an attempt turn over to re-examine and re-define her storybook legacy.

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