Percy Lubbock

Daughter of a Church of England clergyman, MC was educated at home until she was sixteen. She lived her whole life in England—her close friend Percy Lubbock described her as quintessentially English. She spent...

MC 's final work to appear in print, a collection of short stories entitled The Romance of His Life, and Other Romances, was published by John Murray . She dedicated the work to her friend Percy Lubbock .

Benson's mother, Caroline Essex Benson , was one of Mary's younger sisters. Another sister, Hester , who was frail in health, also wrote: as well as poetry she produced journals which extended to 222,000 words...

Although MC never married, her journals indicate that she received a marriage proposal from someone she described as a clever man. She believed that this offer altered her standing: it has rather raised me in...

According to Percy Lubbock , MC and her sisters entertained often and were charming and successful hostesses. Mary was nevertheless said to be a shy and modest woman who, while she found writing tedious, enjoyed...

Dorothy's parents numbered among their friends and acquaintances many prominent artists, scientists, and politicians. These included Browning , Ruskin , Tennyson , Jane and Thomas Carlyle , Francis Galton , Percy Lubbock , and John Tyndall