Marie Corelli | |
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 Corelli in 1909 | |
| Born | Mary Mackay 1 May 1855 London, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Died | 21 April 1924 (aged 68) Stratford-upon-Avon, England, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | British |
| Genre | Gothic, Fantasy, Scientific romance |
| Relatives | Charles Mackay (father) |
Mary Mackay (1 May 1855 – 21 April 1924), also called Minnie Mackey and known by her pseudonym Marie Corelli (/kəˈrɛli/,[1][2] also UK: /kɒˈ-/,[3] US: /kɔːˈ-, koʊˈ-/[3][4]), was an English novelist.
From the appearance of her first novel A Romance of Two Worlds in 1886, she became a bestselling fiction-writer, her works largely concerned with Christianity, reincarnation, astral projection and mysticism. Yet despite her many distinguished patrons, she was often ridiculed by critics. Corelli lived her later years in Stratford-upon-Avon, whose historic buildings she fought hard to preserve.
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