Marie Belloc Lowndes

Studies in Wives (eBook, ePUB)

'The words her husband had used had hurt her''

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Produktbeschreibung

Marie Adelaide Elizabeth Rayner Lowndes was born in George Street, Marylebone, London on the 5th August 1868 the only daughter of Anglo-French parents.

She spent much of her early life in La Celle-Saint-Cloud, France.

In 1896 she married the journalist Frederick Sawrey A Lowndes and went on to have a son and two daughters.

From shortly after this time until her death she wrote a novel, play, short story collection or non-fiction work every year. Some of her works were also filmed, the most famous being 'The Lodger' which was filmed on several occasions including once by Alfred Hitchcock.

Marie Belloc Lowndes died on the 14th November 1947 in Eversley Cross, Hampshire. She was 79.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Copyright Group
• Seitenzahl: 107
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781836823674
• Artikelnr.: 72334112

Autorenporträt

Marie Belloc Lowndes (1868 1947) was a prolific English novelist known for blending psychological suspense with thrilling plots. Born in Marylebone, London, she spent her early years in La Celle-Saint-Cloud, France, and was the only daughter of French barrister Louis Belloc and English feminist Bessie Parkes. Her younger brother was the renowned writer Hilaire Belloc. She married Frederick Sawrey A. Lowndes in 1896. Lowndes began her literary career with the biography H.R.H. The Prince of Wales: An Account of His Career (1898) and continued writing novels, memoirs, and plays for nearly five decades, publishing at least one work per year. Her novels were known for their exciting incidents and psychological depth, with two of them adapted for the screen. Among her most famous works were The Lodger (1913) and The Chink in the Armour (1913). In her autobiographies, I, Too, Have Lived in Arcadia (1942) and Where Love and Friendship Dwelt (1948), she chronicled her life and her family s history.