MARIE CORELLI - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED 09/10/1919 - HFSID 67743
Sale Price $126.00
Reg. $140.00
MARIE CORELLI
Marie Corelli signs an autograph sentiment on a piece of
paper.
Autograph Sentiment signed: "Yours sincerely/Marie Corelli/Sept
10, 1919", 4¼x6¾ page affixed to 5x7¾ sheet. Raised, embossed letterhead:
"Mason Croft/Stratford-on-Avon." Born Mary Mackay, the daughter of
Scottish poet Charles Mackay, this popular novelist (1855-1924) of the late
nineteenth and early twentieth century preferred to be known by her pen name of
Marie Corelli, under which she also performed on the piano. Her bestselling
novel, The Sorrows of Satan (1895) broke publishing records. Reviled
by many critics of her day, she also had admirers, including Mark Twain and Lord
Tennyson. She was a favorite of Queen Victoria. Corelli's romantic novels
feature strong female characters and much social criticism. She and her
lifelong companion, Bertha Vyver, purchased and restored Mason Croft in
Stratford, reputedly the former home of Shakespeare's daughter. Among her other
best-selling novels were A Romance of Two Worlds (1886) and
Barabbas (1893). Mounting adhesive shows through around edges, touching
"Y" of "Yours." Horizontal fold crosses signature. Mounting sheet is soiled, and
frayed on left edge, missing a ¼x¾-inch piece in the lower left
corner.
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