Marie Corelli (1855–1924)
Autor(a) de The Sorrows of Satan
About the Author
Marie Corelli (1 May 1855 -- 21 April 1924) was a British novelist. 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. mostrar mais G. Wells, and Rudyard Kipling. Corelli was born in London. She wrote both fiction and nonfiction, short stories and dramatic plays. Some of her works were adapted to film and theatre productions. In her final years, Corelli lived on Stratford-Upon-Avon. She was considered to be eccentric and could be seen boating there in a gondola from Venice complete with a gondolier. Corelli died there in 1924 and is buried in the Evesham Road cemetery. Her house, Mason Croft, still stands on Church Street and is now the home of the Shakespeare Institute. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Obras por Marie Corelli
Delphi Collected Works of Marie Corelli (Illustrated) (Delphi Series Eight Book 22) (2017) 6 exemplares
Free opinions, freely expressed on certain phases of modern social life and conduct (2010) 4 exemplares
Poems 2 exemplares
My 'little bit' 2 exemplares
HEIDÄN SUURI KEVÄÄNSÄ 1 exemplar
Morgana 1 exemplar
Letters on the Simple Life 1 exemplar
strange visitation 1 exemplar
Det evige Hvorfor! 1 exemplar
Complete Collection of Marie Corelli (Annotated): Works Include A Romance of Two Worlds, Ardath, The Sorrows of Satan,… (2021) 1 exemplar
Tv ̄vr̃ldar 1 exemplar
Jane 1 exemplar
The Ghost in the Sedan-Chair and Other Stories (Black Heath Gothic, Sensation and Supernatural) (2014) 1 exemplar
Last Warior Queen, The 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Weird Women: Classic Supernatural Fiction by Groundbreaking Female Writers: 1852-1923 (2020) — Contribuidor — 83 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Marie Corelli
- Nome legal
- Mary Mackey
- Data de nascimento
- 1855-05-01
- Data de falecimento
- 1924-04-21
- Localização do túmulo
- Evesham Road cemetery, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, UK
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- Groot-Brittannië
- País (no mapa)
- UK
- Local de nascimento
- London, England, UK
- Local de falecimento
- Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK
- Locais de residência
- Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England
Paris, France - Educação
- Parisian Convent
- Ocupações
- novelist
short story writer
poet
essayist - Relações
- Mackay, Charles (father)
Vyver, Bertha (companion)
Fatal error: Call to undefined function isLitsy() in /var/www/html/inc_magicDB.php on line 425- Mary Mackay was born in London, the daughter of a Scottish writer. She adopted the pseudonym Marie Corelli and became first a musician and then a bestselling author of more than 30 gothic, romance, mystical, and society novels. Her work was greatly admired by Queen Victoria and Prime Minister Gladstone, among many others. She also wrote short stories and poetry. She published her first book in 1886. Her first major success was Barabbas: A Dream of the World’s Tragedy (1893). The Sorrows of Satan (1895), also based on a religious theme, had even greater popular success. In 1901, she moved to Stratford-upon-Avon, where she lived for many years and was active in efforts to preserve historic buildings.
Membros
Críticas
The Secret Power; a Romance of theTime por Marie Corelli
A fey young woman invents power for new form of air ship, a young man invents a new bomb with intention of blackmailing nations into peace.
Il conte Fabio Romani ha tutto dalla vita, è ricco, è bello, ha una splendida moglie, Nina, una figlia Stella e un grande amico Guido Ferreri. Fabio è un uomo generoso e benvoluto da tutti e nonostante a Napoli, dove il romanzo è ambientato, imperversi il colera, prova a dare una mano agli altri, evitando di chiudersi nella sua splendida villa. Ma il contatto con un malato e un malore improvviso fanno precipitare la situazione e Fabio, ritenuto morto, viene rapidamente seppellito. Ma il conte non è morto e riesce ad uscire dalla tomba e dalla bara in cui, troppo velocemente, era stato sepolto. Ma la sorpresa che lo attende quando torna a casa è terribile: Guido è da sempre l’amante della moglie che non nasconde la felicità per la scomparsa del marito. A questo punto Fabio, che intanto ha assunto le sembianze del conte Oliva inizia a progettare e a realizzare una terribile vendetta. E l’odio per l’amico e per la moglie non fa che essere alimentato dai comportamenti di questi due che giungono addirittura a far morire la figlia Stella. Un romanzo d’appendice sicuramente, sulla scia del romanticismo e della letteratura gotica, ma un bel romanzo e un plauso alla piccola casa editrice che ha proposto un testo che merita di essere letto.… (mais)
What a strange, disturbing novel this turned out to be. Very gothic in nature and reminiscent of Anne Radcliff at times. I had serious doubts at the outset, but after about 75 pages it began to develop into what was a captivating story of a love gone wrong. Gaston Beauvais is a well-placed banker’s son, engaged to marry Pauline de Charmilles, the only daughter of a Count, and about to embark upon a life of wealth and honor. Into this idyllic scenario comes a novice priest, Silvion Guidel, the nephew of the local rector. It is immediately obvious that this man and Pauline are drawn to each other and that betrayal is in the air.
The story built momentum and I was quite torn between feeling pity for our wronged Gaston and horror at his overwhelming need for revenge on the two people by whom he feels so betrayed. Then the story went on far too long and became a treatise on the evils of absinthe. Whether lives were actually destroyed by absinthe, people went mad drinking absinthe due to the rotten wormwood used to make the drink, or actually suffered from hallucinations because of it, is disputed. That it was popular in the late 1800s and banned in 1915 is not. By the end of the book, I knew I had been hoodwinked by a clever member of the Paris temperance movement.
Even with its obvious political agenda, this could have been an interesting read had Corelli kept it to half the pages. She felt obligated to describe in great detail and more than once the travails of the addiction. As well, she turned her character from someone who could be understood as an injured man to someone who was far too callous and unfeeling toward even those who were blameless in his misfortune to be realistic. I’m sure addiction to any harmful substance alters personality and sometimes brings out all the worst in an individual, but I would not expect that it does so as quickly or as thoroughly as is pictured here. I wonder if Corelli was able to convince anyone to steer clear of the “green fairy” with this tale.
… (mais)
The story built momentum and I was quite torn between feeling pity for our wronged Gaston and horror at his overwhelming need for revenge on the two people by whom he feels so betrayed. Then the story went on far too long and became a treatise on the evils of absinthe. Whether lives were actually destroyed by absinthe, people went mad drinking absinthe due to the rotten wormwood used to make the drink, or actually suffered from hallucinations because of it, is disputed. That it was popular in the late 1800s and banned in 1915 is not. By the end of the book, I knew I had been hoodwinked by a clever member of the Paris temperance movement.
Even with its obvious political agenda, this could have been an interesting read had Corelli kept it to half the pages. She felt obligated to describe in great detail and more than once the travails of the addiction. As well, she turned her character from someone who could be understood as an injured man to someone who was far too callous and unfeeling toward even those who were blameless in his misfortune to be realistic. I’m sure addiction to any harmful substance alters personality and sometimes brings out all the worst in an individual, but I would not expect that it does so as quickly or as thoroughly as is pictured here. I wonder if Corelli was able to convince anyone to steer clear of the “green fairy” with this tale.
… (mais)
Listas
Prémios
You May Also Like
Associated Authors
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 54
- Also by
- 6
- Membros
- 1,107
- Popularidade
- #23,220
- Avaliação
- 3.6
- Críticas
- 29
- ISBN
- 445
- Línguas
- 3
- Marcado como favorito
- 4
