May Crommelin
-
In the fifty years following 1874
published an average of over a book a year, besides contributions, mostly fictional, to magazines. Most of her books are novels and most of those are romances. Some of her projects (an Islamic heroine in a harem, a woman Master of Foxhounds) sound more subversively feminist than their treatment makes them; her plots and sentiments in general support the status quo. She also diverged into travel writing (a notable success), anthologizing, and a story for children.
- BirthName: Maria Henrietta de la Cherois CrommelinSome sources give her second name as Henriette. Some use the forms De la Cherois or Delacherois. This was originally the name of a family linked with the Crommelins through marriage. In later generations it was often used as a given name, but sometimes treated as a surname hyphenated with Crommelin.
- Self-constructed: May