Innocent: Her Fancy and His Fact
sep. 2026 · Aeneas Press
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A girl raised on a farm as a foundling discovers on her guardian's death that she has no name and no claim to anything, goes to London, and becomes a famous novelist under a pseudonym — and the man she loves does not know either fact. Corelli outsold Wells, Kipling and Conan Doyle combined and was Queen Victoria's favourite; this 1914 novel is her most autobiographical, which is saying something. Fifty-six plates by painters including Stanhope Forbes and Walter Sickert follow the farmyards, evening fields and street scenes that echo the foundling girl's passage from country innocence to London fame.
A girl raised on a farm as a foundling discovers on her guardian's death that she has no name and no claim to anything, goes to London, and becomes a famous novelist under a pseudonym — and the man she loves does not know either fact. Corelli outsold Wells, Kipling and Conan Doyle combined and wa...
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Marie Corelli (1855-1924) was the pen name of Mary Mackay, an English novelist born in London and raised as the ward of the poet Charles Mackay. She was the best-selling novelist of her generation, read by Queen Victoria and Gladstone and mocked by the critics throughout. Her works include A Romance of Two Worlds, Vendetta, The Sorrows of Satan, and The Devil's Motor.
Marie Corelli (1855-1924) was the pen name of Mary Mackay, an English novelist born in London and raised as the ward of the poet Charles Mackay. She was the best-selling novelist of her generation, read by Queen Victoria and Gladstone and mocked by the critics throughout. Her works include A Roma...
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