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Florence Marryat

January 01, 1970

Florence Marryat (9 July 1833 – 27 October 1899) was a British author and actress. The daughter of author Capt. Frederick Marryat, she was particularly known for her sensational novels and her involvement with several celebrated spiritual mediums of the late 19th century. Her works include Love’s Conflict (1865), Her Father's Name (1876), There is No Death (1891) and The Spirit World (1894), The Dead Man's Message (1894) and The Blood of the Vampire (1897). She was a prolific author, writing around 70 books, as well as newspaper and magazine articles, short stories and works for the stage.

Florence Marryat

From 1876 to 1890, she had a performing career, at first writing and performing a comic touring piano sketch entertainment, together with George Grossmith and later performing in dramas, comedies, comic opera with a D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, her own one-woman show, and appearing as a lecturer, dramatic reader and public entertainer. During the 1890s, she ran a school of Journalism and Literary Art.

Early life edit

Marryat was born in Brighton, Sussex, in 1833, daughter of author and naval Captain Frederick Marryat and his wife, Catherine (née Shairp). Her parents separated when Marryat was young; her childhood was divided between her parents' residences, where she was privately educated.[1]

Shortly before her 21st birthday, in 1854, she wed Thomas Ross Church, an officer in the Madras staff corps of the British Army in India; they spent the first seven years of their married life travelling extensively in India before she returned to England in 1860 with her children but without her husband, who apparently visited only occasionally. She had eight children with Church, three of them while in India.[2]

Career edit

Marryat wrote her first novel, Love’s Conflict (1865), while her young children were suffering from scarlet fever, to distract herself from "sad thoughts". The novel met with modest success and was followed by Too Good for Him and Woman Against Woman in the same year. Other early works included Woman Against Woman (1866), The Confessions of Gerald Escourt (1867), Nelly Brooke (1868), Veronique (1868) and The Girls of Feversham (1869), mining the British public's taste for sensational fiction: "lurid stories of seduction, murder, insanity, extramarital sex, incest, and the exploits of the demi-monde".[3] Marryat continued to write novels for 35 years. In 1872, she wrote a biography of her father, Life and Letters of Captain Marryat. From 1872 to 1876, in addition to writing for newspapers and magazines, she edited the monthly magazine London Society.[1][4]

By the mid-1870s Marryat was an internationally successful author and was living together with her future husband, Colonel Francis Lean of the Royal Marine Light Infantry. Church eventually sued for divorce in 1878, citing his wife's adultery as the grounds.[1] From 1876 to 1877, she collaborated with George Grossmith, writing and performing a comic touring entertainment called Entre Nous ("Between you and me"). This piece consisted of a series of piano sketches, alternating with scenes and costumed recitations, including a two-person "satirical musical sketch", really a short comic opera, by Grossmith called Cups and Saucers.[5] Marryat and her husband divorced in 1879; later that year, she wed Colonel Lean, but they divorced only a year later, in 1880.[4]

At the age of 48, in 1881, Marryat returned to the stage, playing the role of Hephzibah Horton in a drama she wrote based on her novel Her World Against a Lie. The next year, she joined a D'Oyly Carte Opera Company touring company in Gilbert and Sullivan's Patience, playing the role of Lady Jane. In 1884 she played Queen Altemire in a revival of W. S. Gilbert's fairy comedy The Palace of Truth in London with Herbert Beerbohm Tree.[4] In 1886, Marryat wrote a lighthearted book about her travels in the United States called Tom Tiddler's Ground. She later appeared in her own one-woman show, Love Letters, and appeared as a lecturer, dramatic reader and public entertainer. She continued performing until 1890, when she played Cassandra Doolittle in an operetta called The Dear Departed.[4]

Last years and death edit

Marryat became active in the Society of Authors, founded in 1884, and also began to breed bulldogs and terriers.[3] Over the last 14 years of her life, she had a relationship with a younger actor, Herbert McPherson, who inherited half of her estate.[1] During the 1890s, she ran a school of Journalism and Literary Art.[1] She continued writing for the rest of her life, and some of her best known books were her late-career writings on spiritualism, and included There Is No Death (1891), The Spirit World (1894) and A Soul on Fire. She influenced wiccan Gerald Gardner in his youth.[6]

Marryat died in 1899 from diabetes and pneumonia[1] and is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery in London.[2]

Works and reaction edit

Marryat published 68 novels before her death, as well as various non-fiction works such as The Life and Letters of Captain Marryat (1872) and Gup (1868), an account of garrison life in India. She also wrote newspaper and magazine articles, short stories and works for the stage. Her works treated such then-controversial themes as marital cruelty, adultery, alcoholism and spiritualism.[7] There is No Death and The Spirit World give accounts of séances she attended.[2]

The public found Marryat's work accessible, and reviewers admitted the effectiveness of her "graphic, nervous, vital" style, but critics called her "cynical and 'third-rate', too dependent for her plots on 'the stock in trade of fourth-rate solicitors'".[3] Despite critical hostility, her novels remained popular.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f Pope, Catherine. "Florence Marryat: Eminent Victorian", Florencemarryat.org, accessed 19 April 2011
  2. ^ a b c Neisius, Jean G. "Florence Marryat." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  3. ^ a b c d Maunder, Andrew. "The Blood of the Vampire (1897)", Valancourt Books, accessed 16 June 2018
  4. ^ a b c d Stone, David. "Florence Marryat". The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive, 27 August 2001, accessed 19 April 2011
  5. ^ Grossmith, George (1888). A Society Clown: Reminiscences. Bristol/London: Arrowsmith. Chapter 5.
  6. ^ Judika Illes, The Element Encyclopedia of Witchcraft, HarperElement 2005, p 732
  7. ^ Hall, Trevor H. (1963). The spiritualists: the story of Florence Cook and William Crookes. Helix Press. pp. 64–67.

Sources edit

  • Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Florence Marryat" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  • Lee, Elizabeth (1901). "Marryat, Florence" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  • Fodor, Nandor. "Florence Marryat," An Encyclopaedia of Psychic Science (1934).

External links edit

  • Florence Marryat – Eminent Victorian
  • Florence Marryat (1833-1899)
  • Bibliography
  • Works by Florence Marryat at Project Gutenberg
  • Works by or about Florence Marryat at Internet Archive
  • Works by Florence Marryat at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)  
  • Florence Marryat at Library of Congress, with 136 library catalogue records
  • Florence Marryat Collection. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

January 01, 1970
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Florence Marryat 9 July 1833 27 October 1899 was a British author and actress The daughter of author Capt Frederick Marryat she was particularly known for her sensational novels and her involvement with several celebrated spiritual mediums of the late 19th century Her works include Love s Conflict 1865 Her Father s Name 1876 There is No Death 1891 and The Spirit World 1894 The Dead Man s Message 1894 and The Blood of the Vampire 1897 She was a prolific author writing around 70 books as well as newspaper and magazine articles short stories and works for the stage Florence Marryat From 1876 to 1890 she had a performing career at first writing and performing a comic touring piano sketch entertainment together with George Grossmith and later performing in dramas comedies comic opera with a D Oyly Carte Opera Company her own one woman show and appearing as a lecturer dramatic reader and public entertainer During the 1890s she ran a school of Journalism and Literary Art Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Last years and death 4 Works and reaction 4 1 Novels 4 2 Short story collections 4 3 Children s stories 4 4 Collaborations 4 5 Plays 4 6 Memoirs 4 7 Spiritualism 5 References 6 Sources 7 External linksEarly life editMarryat was born in Brighton Sussex in 1833 daughter of author and naval Captain Frederick Marryat and his wife Catherine nee Shairp Her parents separated when Marryat was young her childhood was divided between her parents residences where she was privately educated 1 Shortly before her 21st birthday in 1854 she wed Thomas Ross Church an officer in the Madras staff corps of the British Army in India they spent the first seven years of their married life travelling extensively in India before she returned to England in 1860 with her children but without her husband who apparently visited only occasionally She had eight children with Church three of them while in India 2 Career editMarryat wrote her first novel Love s Conflict 1865 while her young children were suffering from scarlet fever to distract herself from sad thoughts The novel met with modest success and was followed by Too Good for Him and Woman Against Woman in the same year Other early works included Woman Against Woman 1866 The Confessions of Gerald Escourt 1867 Nelly Brooke 1868 Veronique 1868 and The Girls of Feversham 1869 mining the British public s taste for sensational fiction lurid stories of seduction murder insanity extramarital sex incest and the exploits of the demi monde 3 Marryat continued to write novels for 35 years In 1872 she wrote a biography of her father Life and Letters of Captain Marryat From 1872 to 1876 in addition to writing for newspapers and magazines she edited the monthly magazine London Society 1 4 By the mid 1870s Marryat was an internationally successful author and was living together with her future husband Colonel Francis Lean of the Royal Marine Light Infantry Church eventually sued for divorce in 1878 citing his wife s adultery as the grounds 1 From 1876 to 1877 she collaborated with George Grossmith writing and performing a comic touring entertainment called Entre Nous Between you and me This piece consisted of a series of piano sketches alternating with scenes and costumed recitations including a two person satirical musical sketch really a short comic opera by Grossmith called Cups and Saucers 5 Marryat and her husband divorced in 1879 later that year she wed Colonel Lean but they divorced only a year later in 1880 4 At the age of 48 in 1881 Marryat returned to the stage playing the role of Hephzibah Horton in a drama she wrote based on her novel Her World Against a Lie The next year she joined a D Oyly Carte Opera Company touring company in Gilbert and Sullivan s Patience playing the role of Lady Jane In 1884 she played Queen Altemire in a revival of W S Gilbert s fairy comedy The Palace of Truth in London with Herbert Beerbohm Tree 4 In 1886 Marryat wrote a lighthearted book about her travels in the United States called Tom Tiddler s Ground She later appeared in her own one woman show Love Letters and appeared as a lecturer dramatic reader and public entertainer She continued performing until 1890 when she played Cassandra Doolittle in an operetta called The Dear Departed 4 Last years and death editMarryat became active in the Society of Authors founded in 1884 and also began to breed bulldogs and terriers 3 Over the last 14 years of her life she had a relationship with a younger actor Herbert McPherson who inherited half of her estate 1 During the 1890s she ran a school of Journalism and Literary Art 1 She continued writing for the rest of her life and some of her best known books were her late career writings on spiritualism and included There Is No Death 1891 The Spirit World 1894 and A Soul on Fire She influenced wiccan Gerald Gardner in his youth 6 Marryat died in 1899 from diabetes and pneumonia 1 and is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery in London 2 Works and reaction editMarryat published 68 novels before her death as well as various non fiction works such as The Life and Letters of Captain Marryat 1872 and Gup 1868 an account of garrison life in India She also wrote newspaper and magazine articles short stories and works for the stage Her works treated such then controversial themes as marital cruelty adultery alcoholism and spiritualism 7 There is No Death and The Spirit World give accounts of seances she attended 2 The public found Marryat s work accessible and reviewers admitted the effectiveness of her graphic nervous vital style but critics called her cynical and third rate too dependent for her plots on the stock in trade of fourth rate solicitors 3 Despite critical hostility her novels remained popular 3 Novels edit Love s Conflict 1865 Too Good for Him 1865 Woman Against Woman 1865 For Ever and Ever 1866 The Confessions of Gerald Estcourt 1867 Nelly Brooke A Homely Story 1868 The Girls of Feversham 1869 Veronique 1869 Petronel 1870 Her Lord and Master 1871 The Prey of the Gods 1871 Mad Dumaresq 1873 No Intentions 1874 Fighting the Air 1875 Open Sesame 1875 Her Father s Name 1876 My Own Child 1876 A Harvest of Wild Oats 1877 A Little Stepson 1878 Her World Against a Lie 1878 Written in Fire 1878 A Broken Blossom 1879 The Root of All Evil 1879 Out of His Reckoning 1879 The Fair Haired Alda 1880 My Sister the Actress 1881 With Cupid s Eye 1881 Facing the Footlights 1882 How They Loved Him 1882 Phyllida 1882 Peeress and Player 1883 The Heart of Jane Warner 1884 Under the Lillies and Roses 1884 The Heir Presumptive 1885 Miss Harrington s Husband a reissue of The Spiders of Society 1886 The Master Passion 1886 The Spiders of Society 1886 A Daughter of the Tropics 1887 Driven to Bay 1887 A Crown of Shame 1888 Gentleman and Courtier 1888 Mount Eden 1889 On Circumstantial Evidence 1889 A Scarlet Sin 1890 Blindfold 1890 Brave Heart and True 1890 A Fatal Silence 1891 The Risen Dead 1891 The Lost Diamonds with Charles Ogilvie 1891 How Like a Woman 1892 The Nobler Sex 1892 Parson Jones 1893 A Bankrupt Heart 1894 The Beautiful Soul 1894 The Hampstead Mystery 1894 The Dead Man s Message An Occult Romance 1894 At Heart a Rake 1895 The Dream that Stayed 1896 The Strange Transfiguration of Hannah Stubbs 1896 A Passing Madness 1897 In the Name of Liberty 1897 The Blood of the Vampire 1897 A Soul on Fire UK edition of The Dead Man s Message 1898 An Angel of Pity 1898 Why Did She Love Him 1898 A Rational Marriage 1899 Iris the Avenger 1899 The Folly of Alison 1899 Short story collections edit Captain Norton s Diary and other stories 1870 A Lucky Disappointment and other stories 1876 A Star and a Heart 1876 Hidden Chains 1876 The Poison of Asps 1876 A Moment of Madness and other stories 1883 The Ghost of Charlotte Cray and other stories 1883 Old Contrairy and other stories 1884 The Luckiest Girl in Yorkshire and other stories 1907 Children s stories edit Sybil s Friend and How She Found Him 1873 The Little Marine and the Japanese Lily 1891 Collaborations edit Twenty Novelettes 1889 The Fate of Fenella with 23 other authors 1892 Seven Xmas Eves being the Romance of a Social Revolution 1894 The Summer Holiday 1898 Plays edit Miss Chester 1871 Memoirs edit Gup Sketches of Anglo Indian Life 1868 Life and Letters of Captain Marryat 1872 Tom Tiddler s Ground 1886 Spiritualism edit There is No Death 1891 The Clairvoyance of Bessie Williams 1893 The Spirit World 1894 References edit a b c d e f Pope Catherine Florence Marryat Eminent Victorian Florencemarryat org accessed 19 April 2011 a b c Neisius Jean G Florence Marryat Oxford Dictionary of National Biography a b c d Maunder Andrew The Blood of the Vampire 1897 Valancourt Books accessed 16 June 2018 a b c d Stone David Florence Marryat The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive 27 August 2001 accessed 19 April 2011 Grossmith George 1888 A Society Clown Reminiscences Bristol London Arrowsmith Chapter 5 Judika Illes The Element Encyclopedia of Witchcraft HarperElement 2005 p 732 Hall Trevor H 1963 The spiritualists the story of Florence Cook and William Crookes Helix Press pp 64 67 Sources editHerbermann Charles ed 1913 Florence Marryat Catholic Encyclopedia New York Robert Appleton Company Lee Elizabeth 1901 Marryat Florence In Lee Sidney ed Dictionary of National Biography 1st supplement London Smith Elder amp Co Fodor Nandor Florence Marryat An Encyclopaedia of Psychic Science 1934 External links editFlorence Marryat Eminent Victorian Florence Marryat 1833 1899 Bibliography Works by Florence Marryat at Project Gutenberg Works by or about Florence Marryat at Internet Archive Works by Florence Marryat at LibriVox public domain audiobooks nbsp Florence Marryat at Library of Congress with 136 library catalogue records Florence Marryat Collection General Collection Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Yale University Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Florence Marryat amp oldid 1215593873, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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