Ransom, Teresa. The Mysterious Miss Marie Corelli: Queen of Victorian Bestsellers. Sutton, 1999.
Teresa Ransom
Standard Name: Ransom, Teresa
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Education | Marie Corelli | Looking back on her early education, MC
wrote I managed to develop into a curiously determined independent little personality, with ideas and opinions more suited to some clever young man. . . . I instinctively... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Marie Corelli | The identity of MC
's biological mother is uncertain: there are no known private or public records (including birth certificates or census reports) that confirm her bloodline. Biographers Brian Masters
and Teresa Ransom
argue that... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Marie Corelli | MC
's stepfather—and possible biological father or grandfather—Charles MacKay (born 1814), was a writer and editor. Among the periodicals he worked for were the Morning Chronicle, alongside Charles Dickens
; the Daily Telegraph... |
| Literary responses | Marie Corelli | Academic interest in MC
has recently seen a renewal, but modern commentators, although generally more sympathetic to her than earlier ones, have found her hard to place. While critic Annette R. Federico
calls her a... |
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