May Agnes Fleming (1840–1880)
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- Muut nimet
- Early, May (birth name)
Earlie, M. A.
Carleton, Cousin May - Syntymäaika
- 1840-11-15
- Kuolinaika
- 1880-05-24
- Sukupuoli
- female
- Kansalaisuus
- Canada
- Syntymäpaikka
- Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
- Kuolinpaikka
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Asuinpaikat
- Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
New York, New York, USA
Brooklyn, New York, USA - Koulutus
- convent school
- Ammatit
- novelist
historical novelist
short story writer - Lyhyt elämäkerta
- May Agnes Fleming, née Early, was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, to Irish immigrant parents. She was educated at a convent school and began writing as a teenager. She contributed stories to the New York Mercury and the Boson Pilot under her pen names Miss M. A. Earlie and Cousin May Carleton. In 1865, she married John W. Fleming, an engineer, and continued her writing, which was unusual in that era, under her married name. Her first novel, Erminie; or The Gypsy's Vow: a Tale of Love and Vengeance, was published in 1863. The couple moved to Brooklyn, New York, where their four children were born. In the 1870s, she became one of the most popular and successful novelists in the USA. During her prolific career, she produced 47 novels and numerous short stories.
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For 19th century literature, I found the story to be easy reading and entertaining, even with its overwrought melodrama. Having never read any of Fleming’s works, I was pleasantly surprised. While the characters are stereotypical, and the convoluted plot is at times farcical, I found this to be a “light entertainment” romance-mystery story. The dialogue flows rather well, and I was amused to find terms like "guardy” (Mollie’s term for Carl and his assumed role as her guardian) peppered throughout the story. It is obvious that Fleming was a fan of the gothic novel style. Not only does she make use of a number of gothic elements, there are even direct references to such works as The Man in the Iron Mask, The Castle of Otranto and The Mysteries of Udolpho in this story.
Overall, a quick, entertaining story and I will be hunting down more of Fleming's stories to read.… (lisätietoja)
Overall, a quick, entertaining story and I will be hunting down more of Fleming's stories to read.… (lisätietoja)
Speckport is a foggy and bleak town and the plot follows its inhabitants lifes. It is set in the 1860s and is thefore a historian novel. It contains suicide, murder, betrayal, romantic and mystery. So you'll never get bored.
I loved those many twists and I wonder why the novel 'A changed heart' isn't as popluare as some other victorian novels. As for the many plots and mysteries I think it was well-considered and I recomend this novel.
I loved those many twists and I wonder why the novel 'A changed heart' isn't as popluare as some other victorian novels. As for the many plots and mysteries I think it was well-considered and I recomend this novel.
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- 53
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- 132
- Suosituimmuussija
- #153,555
- Arvio (tähdet)
- 2.9
- Kirja-arvosteluja
- 3
- ISBN:t
- 86
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- 1
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Although I guess it's no more disturbing than Seven Brides for Seven Brothers...
Young woman is about to marry a wealthy old man she doesn't really love. The evening of her wedding she is kidnapped by a masked man who only speaks to her in French so she won't recognize his voice. He threatens to hold her captive until she marries him. A week later she caves, and they are married in a ceremony that seems to have some serious legal issues, but the author doesn't let a silly thing like logic stand in the way.
Later the heroine is returned home in safety, but still ignorant of whom she married. She had three suitors, and decides that the whole kidnapping/coerced marriage thing would be totally fine as long as it was the guy she had a crush on.
But then she gets kidnapped again... and more things happen.
The moral of the story pretty much was, when you're really in love, sometimes you lose control of yourself. Kidnappings might happen. Totally cool.… (lisätietoja)