Marie Corelli collection 1885-1947

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Marie Corelli collection 1885-1947

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.corelli

Collection includes letters between Corelli and her publishers, George and Richard Bentley, 1885-1894, including a copy of a letter by Basil Wilberforce concerning Corelli's "Barabbas"; letters to Alexander Wedderburn, 1908-17, that discuss John Ruskin, Arthur and Joan Severn, and personal matters; letters between George Bentley, Eric Mackay, and Arthur Waugh; autograph manuscript of "The Great Secret" (published in 1920 as "The Secret Power"); and a corrected typescript by Bertha Vyver entitled "Marie Corelli" (published in 1930 as "Memoirs of Marie Corelli") that contains a chapter by John Cuming Walters.

Total Boxes: 5; Linear Feet: 2.1

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6349036

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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There are 13 Entities related to this resource.

Vyver, Bertha.

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Severn, Joan, 1848-1924.

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Bentley, George, 1828-1895

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English publisher and author. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2), dated : [London], to [Joseph Bennett?], 1877 Apr. 28 and May 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270672280 Epithet: publisher and author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000205.0x000027 ...

Bentley, R. (Richard), 1854-1936

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Richard Bentley, last of the Bentley family of English publishers, conducted the family business for five years. In 1898, Bentley dissolved the firm and made over its stock and assets to MacMillan and Company. Bentley then became active in a range of professional, literary and charitable organizations including; The Royal Literary Fund, The Royal Meteorological Society and The Worshipful Company of Stationers. From the description of Papers, 1883-1934. (Temple University Libraries). ...

Corelli, Marie, 1855-1924

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Marie Corelli was an enigmatic and compelling personality whose colorful personal life and fertile imagination made her the most popular writer of her time. The narrative drive of her stories, combined with exotic settings and passionate conviction, helped overcome the stylistic concerns of literary critics to make her and her writing a phenomenon of turn-of-the-century popular culture. From the description of Marie Corelli letters and postcards, 1894-1924. (Pennsylvania State Univer...

Wilberforce, Basil, 1841-1916

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English cleric; chaplain of the House of Commons. From the description of Autograph letter signed : House of Commons, [London], to Arthur Sullivan, [n.y.] May 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270126540 ...

Mackay, Eric, 1851-1898

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British poet Eric Mackay (1851-1898) was the son of journalist and poet Charles Mackay (1812-1889) and the half-brother of novelist Mary Mackay (1855-1924), who published under the pseudonym Marie Corelli. He published several books of poetry in both England and in America, including Love Letters of a Violinist (1886), A Lover's Litanies (1888) and Song of the Sea (1895), as well as a volume of his father's poetry, Gossamer and Snowdrift: The Posthumous Poems of Char...

Waugh, Arthur, 1866-1943

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Epithet: editor and publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000265.0x000152 ...

Vyver, Bertha.

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Severn, Arthur, 1842-1931

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English artist; married Ruskin's ward. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Brantwood, Coniston, to W. Brown, 1915 Oct. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662345 English artist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to [Henry] Pilleau, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270663240 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Brantwood, Coniston?], to Mr. Bale [of Cassell and Co.], [1890?]. (Unknown). WorldCa...

Wedderburn, Alexander D. O. (Alexander Dundas Ogilvy), 1854-1931

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Walters, John Cuming

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Ruskin, John, 1819-1900

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Wife of Ruskin's physician, Dr. John Simon. From the description of Letter : to Mrs. John Simon, [18--] (Lewis & Clark Library). WorldCat record id: 31272017 British writer, artist, and critic. From the description of John Ruskin papers, ca. 1837-1904. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80934993 John Ruskin was born on 8 February 1819 in London. Ruskin was educated by his mother and by various tutors before attending Oxford University. H...