The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Corelli, Marie
(krl´) (KEY) , pseud. of Mary Mackay (mk´) (KEY) , 1855–1924, English novelist. Her popular, highly moralistic books, written in flamboyant, pretentious prose, include A Romance of Two Worlds (1886), Thelma (1887), Barabbas (1893), and The Sorrows of Satan (1895). She was Queen Victoria’s favorite novelist.
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) (KEY) , pseud. of Mary Mackay (m
´) (KEY) , 1855–1924, English novelist. Her popular, highly moralistic books, written in flamboyant, pretentious prose, include A Romance of Two Worlds (1886), Thelma (1887), Barabbas (1893), and The Sorrows of Satan (1895). She was Queen Victoria’s favorite novelist.
