Marie Corelli letters and postcards, 1894-1924.

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Marie Corelli letters and postcards, 1894-1924.

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The collection consists of: three friendly letters to Robert Barr, 8 May, 3 Dec., and 19 Dec. 1894, in which she mentions reading A modern wizard and comments on the large sales of her novel Barabbas; letter to "Algol," praising his article in The Morning post, accompanied by three color postcards by A.J. Wall depicting Corelli, part of a series she sought to suppress from publication; six letters, the first 25 Jan. 1919 ordering the current issue of the Printer's register, the other five to A. St. John Adcock, 23 May-23 July 1909, discussing a paragraph on Swinburne she had written. Also, letter to Dear Madam, 4 March 1892, apologizing for her late answer and suggesting that Ardath and The romance of two worlds best express her faith, written on a printed advertisement for The soul of Lilith, with Corelli's handwritten note reading "First copy of the above has been commanded by the Queen"; series of six letters to historian G.W. Forest, 15 Jan. 1891-24 Sept. 1907, commenting on many things, including a banquet in London where she met Lord Curzon and sat next to Mark Twain. Also, letter to Sir James Crichton-Brown, 27 Dec. 1917, praising his stand in The Scotsman against a German chair.

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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...