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| Born | Ellen Price 17 January 1814 Worcester, United Kingdom |
| Died | 10 February 1887 (aged 73) London, United Kingdom |
| Notable works | East Lynne (1861) |
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Ellen Price (17 January 1814 – 10 February 1887) was an English novelist better known as Mrs. Henry Wood. She is best remembered for her 1861 novel East Lynne. Many of her books sold well internationally and were widely read in the United States. In her time, she surpassed Charles Dickens in fame in Australia.[1]
- ^ Dinah Birch and Katy Hooper, The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. Oxford University Press. p. 783.