Masters, Brian. Now Barabbas Was a Rotter. H. Hamilton, 1978.
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Bertha Vyver
Standard Name: Vyver, Bertha
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Birth | Marie Corelli | Corelli's birthplace and background are hard to establish. She intentionally obscured her origins by telling various, often contradictory stories about her heritage and upbringing, and public records are full of gaps. She is generally thought... |
| Friends, Associates | Marie Corelli | Bertha Vyver
, second daughter of MC
's father
's friend Countess van der Vyver
,came to live with the MacKays soon after the death of MC
's mother. Ransom, Teresa. The Mysterious Miss Marie Corelli: Queen of Victorian Bestsellers. Sutton, 1999. 15 |
| Residence | Marie Corelli | |
| Residence | Marie Corelli | MC
and her life-long companion, Bertha Vyver
, moved from London to Stratford upon Avon. Intending at first only a short stay, they enjoyed Stratford so much that they took a house permanently:... |
| Textual Production | Marie Corelli | MC
's collection of verse, titled simply Poems, was posthumously issued, with a preface by her lifelong companion, Bertha Vyver
. A few of these had appeared in periodicals, but most were unpublished and... |
| Wealth and Poverty | Marie Corelli | Although Corelli intended her estate to provide for Vyver
, she had overestimated the worth of her manuscripts and Vyver fell into poverty before her death in 1942 Nufftus, William, editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 156. Gale Research, 1996. 156: 92 |
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