Ardath

By Marie Corelli

British novelist of fantastic and occult fiction. She enjoyed a period of great literary success from the publication of her first novel in 1886 until World War I, outselling her popular contemporaries, including Arthur Conan Doyle, H. G. Wells, and Rudyard Kipling.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Marie Corelli
• Release date: May 14, 2016
• ISBN: 9786050438130

Marie Corelli

Marie Corelli (1855-1924) was an English novelist. Born Mary Mackay in London, she was sent to a Parisian convent to be educated in 1866. Returning to England in 1870, Corelli worked as a pianist and began her literary career with the novel A Romance of Two Worlds (1886). A favorite writer of Winston Churchill and the British Royal Family, Corelli was the most popular author of her generation. Known for her interest in mysticism and the occult, she earned a reputation through works of fantasy, Gothic, and science fiction. From 1901 to 1924, she lived in Stratford-upon-Avon, where she continued to write novels, short story collections, and works of non-fiction. Corelli, whose works have been regularly adapted for film and the theater, was largely rejected by the male-dominated literary establishment of her time. Despite this, she is remembered today as a pioneering author who wrote for the public, not for the critics who sought to deny her talent.