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This book builds on the large volume of existing literature that details the social, moral and economic context in which women of this era operated. It further complements the smaller body of existing writing that probes the interior lives of women. However, where as these latter works use personal documents, such as diaries and letters, to gain insight into the interior lives of mainly upper middle- and upper-class women, this study concentrates on women from the lower and middle levels of the middle classes and on the lower classes. There are many 'gaps' or 'silences' in women's history - especially in relation to their interior lives. Historians seeking to penetrate the thoughts and emotions of 'ordinary' single middle-class women living during the Late Victorian and Edwardian years face a challenging task as these women rarely left personal documents. Popular or bestselling novels are numbered among the few written sources that are available to help historians to fill in some of the absences in the conventional historical record. This study looks at a selection of the popular and bestselling novels of Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) and Marie Corelli (1855-1924).Bearing in mind the extensive readership that Bennett and Corelli each enjoyed, we can legitimately assume that these authors' ideas and values, consistently recurring within their fiction, corresponded with many of the emotional concerns and standards of their audience, resonating in the minds of their readers, as well as simultaneously entering into the wider contemporary debate. Using a comparative approach to examine Bennett's solidly popular middlebrow books and Corelli's phenomenally popular or bestselling novels, this work asks the question: which is more valuable to historians of mentalite - middlebrow or bestselling fiction? ... Read more

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Marie Corelli (1855-1924) was the most popular novelist of the turn of the century, outselling Hall Caine, Mrs. Humphry Ward, H. G. Wells, and Arthur Conan Doyle by the thousands. For thirty years she was ridiculed by reviewers and the literary elite--Edmund Gosse dismissed her as "that little milliner"--but these opinions had no impact on her mass appeal. In 1895, with The Sorrows of Satan, she broke all previous publishing records, and by 1906 a Corelli novel sold 100,000 copies a year.

Idol of Suburbia returns Marie Corelli to conversations about the late-Victorian and Edwardian literary world. As Annette R. Federico points out, Corelli's participation in the cultural life of her time was highly creative, combative, and contradictory. Her ongoing war with highbrow literary critics and her management of her own image illuminate continuing debates about literary value, class hegemony, and gender politics at the fin de sicle.

In examining Corelli's celebrity and her protean literary talents in the context of a changing book market, Federico reveals the profusion of the late-Victorian literary imagination. She analyzes Corelli's participation in literary decadence, feminism, and New Woman fiction, and she discusses how seriously we should take her aesthetic and its literary influence. Federico asks why heterosexual love seems pathological in so many of Corelli's novels and assesses the validity of biographical and psychoanalytic explanations of her celibacy and her lifelong companionship with another woman.

Idol of Suburbia is the first full-length study to address these questions and to set Corelli within the framework of literary history and contemporary critical theory. ... Read more

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Amazing..
Marie Corelli wrote this in a time when this subject was an absolute farce to most of the world. She puts things into perspective on how people react and become caught in the world today. Yes today. If you can read between the lines and open your mind you will find this book holds many wonderful secrets. Marie Corelli was selling hundreds of thousands of these books in her time which was unheard of, especially for a women. You can read and re-read this over and over and still find new ways of seeing and applying that which she brings to your attention. Wonderful book. ... Read more

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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1890 edition by M. J. Ivers & Co., New York. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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A Rare Find!
A Christmas Greeting was published at the height of her fame in a limited number and waselegantly bound for the gift giving season.Inside this reprint are a rather scarce collection of Marie's poems, essays, stories, and even a song - it includes a then popular story known as "The Ghost in the Sedan Chair" which is a lighthearted holiday 'ghost story' along with several other fantasies.Unlike her novels, her short stories don't have convoluted plot lines that take several pages to unfold.Therefore, you can enjoy the essence of Marie Corelli without getting lost in the middle.A fun way to introduce yourself to her work and her unique style of fiction. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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A sexist and terribly obnoxious book
For anyone interested in Marie Corelli's novels and life, this book has some good information, but Masters is terribly condescending toward his subject. He is horribly sexist and patronizing as well. ... Read more

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One of Corelli's more rare short stories. ... Read more

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A Whisper of Wonder!
A lovely entrancing journey into the more spiritual and theosophic side of Corelli.More of a novella than a short story, it portrays Marie's deep love of mysticism and God.Enchanting! ... Read more

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1920. A collection of Corelli stories including The Love of Long Ago; Brown Jim's Problem; The Boy: An Episode; Claudia's Business; Rejected! The Story of a Picture; "Sunny": A Red Cross Incident; The Panther: A Conquest of Heredity; The Stepping Star; Why She Was Glad; The Sculptor's Angel: The Story of a Love-Miracle; Lolita: A Love Episode; The Trench Comrade; The Signal; The Mystic Tune; "Lead, Kindly Light" ... Read more

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The following story is simply the account of a strange and daring experiment once actually attempted, and is offered to those who are interested in the unseen possibilities of the hereafter, merely for what it is-a single episode in the life of a man who voluntarily sacrificed his whole worldly career in a supreme effort to prove the apparently unprovable. ... Read more

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Conclusion of the Heliobas Trilogy beginning with "A Romance of Two Worlds," followed by "Ardath."
If you like Faustian themes, then this book is for you.It combines a good reprise Faust, with elements of Pygmalion and a dash of Frankenstein as a sorcerer binds the soul of a dying girl to her body, obtaining thereby a female with whom he cannot help, despite the warnings, of falling in love.As with the first two, if you got hooked like I did, you will fall into this book despite yourself, and be absolutely mesmerized by the workings of this author's mind! ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Insightful Look into Corelli's Spirituality.
This book is a direct affront to the "High Decadence of the Yellow Nineties" and their moral deconstructions.Marie, although decadent and florid in much of her style and philosophy of writing, is at the same time rather morally strict in her own views of ethics and rules of conduct - especially in regards to spirituality.

A rather entertaining read if you have read her novels.Sort of makes you wish you could sit down and have a proper tea with the old gal and really get inside her head! ... Read more

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The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: English fiction; Fiction / Horror; Fiction / Religious; Fiction / Romance / Regency; Fiction / Christian / General; Fiction / Christian / Romance; Body, Mind ... Read more

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Best book to challenge church doctrine
This book challenges social mores, and traditional religious beliefs/religious DOCTRINE while teaching about the true love of Christ (vs. "Christian") through a very detailed scandal of art, murder, love, lust, liars, illegitimate children, positioning for power, and forgiveness without smut.

That it was written in the late 1800s and is as relevant today, traversing 3 centuries, should give it standing to be republished and make you curious to read it.For those who stand on doctrine/rules, I urge you to read through to the end before judging this book.

Marie Corelli is a master at character and plot development. It is thick with detail. As the book is more than a century old, it's easy to find a version online (and I've intentionally left out plot/character in this review for that very reason--the first 50 pages will have you hooked) but for those who love real books, this is a gem to add to your collection. ... Read more

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The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 3; Original Publisher: R. Bently ... Read more

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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1893 edition by Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig. ... Read more

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1908. A fictional account about rural England and its people. ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott company in 1900 in 345 pages; Subjects: Fiction / Classics; Fiction / Literary; History / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa; Juvenile Fiction / School ... Read more

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Short excerpt: She smiled and extended her armsand a whole flock of the birds came fluttering about her in a whirl of wingsperching on her shoulders and alighting at her feet. ... Read more

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The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 1; Original Publisher: R. Bentley; Publication date: 1892; Subjects: Fiction / Fantasy / General; Fiction / Fantasy / Epic; Fiction / Religious; Fiction / Science Fiction / General; Fiction / Christian / General; ... Read more

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1900. An inspiring fictional work dedicated to "All those churches who quarrel in the name of Christ. ... Read more