Ethel M. Dell

David Tanner (Independent Scholar - Europe)

Ed. by Louise McDonald, Newman University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.08: English Writing and Culture of the early Twentieth Century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: Chris Baldick (Goldsmiths College, University of London), Peter Childs (Newman University), Louise McDonald (Newman University)

Dates

Born 2 Aug 1881
Died 19 Sep 1939
Activity 1901-1939

Places

Born in England
Active in England

Activities

Primary

Novelist

Resources

The Recluse

The paranoidally shy and reclusive romantic novelist Ethel M. Dell was born July 1881 in Wandsworth and died on the 17^th September 1939 in Hertford. With narratives heavily influenced by her immediate environment, she released ninety-eight titles in narrative form, film, theatre and radio, in the UK and colonies, The United States, Canada, and in Europe.

In 1918 Dell was noted as #6 in Publisher’s Weekly list of best-selling authors, and in 1920 she appeared in the top twelve best sellers also in the United States. British readership was also significant, and, by 1929, seven of her titles, excluding her seminal work The Way of an Eagle (1912), had combined …

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Citation: Tanner, David. "Ethel M. Dell". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 17 June 2022 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1216, accessed 04 May 2024.]

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