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'''Dorothy Margarette Selby Lowndes''', writing as '''Dolf Wyllarde''' (3 April 1871 - 10 May 1950)<ref>{{isfdb name|id=116910|name= Dolf Wyllarde }}</ref> was a British journalist and a writer of verse and fiction.<ref name="kemp">{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Sandra |title=Edwardian fiction : an Oxford companion |date=1997 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=9780198117605 |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803125145722 |chapter=Dolf Wyllarde}}</ref><ref name="bloom">{{cite book |last1=Bloom |first1=C. |title=Bestsellers: Popular Fiction since 1900 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-0-230-58387-0 |page=190 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CpKFDAAAQBAJ&q=oldmixon+manor+dolf+wyllarde&pg=PA190 |language=en |chapter=Dolf Wyllarde (Dorothy Margarette Selby Lowndes)|date=29 September 2008 }}</ref> From 1897 to 1939, she was known to publish in excess of 30 books, including novels, stories and children's literature. Numerous reviews of her work mistakenly referred to her as a male due to misunderstanding of her chosen name, with some believing it to be a [[pen name]]. |
'''Dorothy Margarette Selby Lowndes''', writing as '''Dolf Wyllarde''' (3 April 1871 - 10 May 1950)<ref>{{isfdb name|id=116910|name= Dolf Wyllarde }}</ref> was a British journalist and a writer of verse and fiction.<ref name="kemp">{{cite book |last1=Kemp |first1=Sandra |title=Edwardian fiction : an Oxford companion |date=1997 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=9780198117605 |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803125145722 |chapter=Dolf Wyllarde |access-date=1 January 2021 |archive-date=22 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822162051/https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803125145722 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="bloom">{{cite book |last1=Bloom |first1=C. |title=Bestsellers: Popular Fiction since 1900 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-0-230-58387-0 |page=190 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CpKFDAAAQBAJ&q=oldmixon+manor+dolf+wyllarde&pg=PA190 |language=en |chapter=Dolf Wyllarde (Dorothy Margarette Selby Lowndes) |date=29 September 2008 |access-date=5 January 2021 |archive-date=22 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822161340/https://books.google.com/books?id=CpKFDAAAQBAJ&q=oldmixon+manor+dolf+wyllarde&pg=PA190#v=snippet&q=oldmixon%20manor%20dolf%20wyllarde&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> From 1897 to 1939, she was known to publish in excess of 30 books, including novels, stories and children's literature. Numerous reviews of her work mistakenly referred to her as a male due to misunderstanding of her chosen name, with some believing it to be a [[pen name]]. |
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She was described by one newspaper as being "one of the pioneers in the latest phase of English fiction" and as "a new power in the fiction world, a power to be reckoned with". Little is known about her private life and she died a [[spinster]] in May 1950. |
She was described by one newspaper as being "one of the pioneers in the latest phase of English fiction" and as "a new power in the fiction world, a power to be reckoned with". Little is known about her private life and she died a [[spinster]] in May 1950. |
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==Early work== |
==Early work== |
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Born on 3 April 1871 according to the 1939 England register,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/45196750:61596 |title=1939 England and Wales Register |via=Ancestry |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 July 2022}}</ref> she was educated at [[King's College London]].<ref name=kemp /> She described herself as being a London correspondent, sports editor, reporter and a paragraphist. She suffered from being overworked in 1902 and took a short visit to [[South Africa]] "for the sake of her health".<ref name="bde_may1902"/> She published over 30 books between 1897 and 1939, including collections of stories, children's books, and many novels.<ref name=ford>{{cite web |title=[ Dolf Wyllarde [ Dorothy Margarette Selby Lowndes ], popular female novelist ] Autograph Letter Signed and two Typed Letters Signed (all three ''Dolf Wyllarde') requesting information to assist her in the writing of her books. |url=http://www.richardfordmanuscripts.co.uk/keywords/dolf |website=www.richardfordmanuscripts.co.uk |publisher=Richard Ford |access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref><ref>[http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?ct=Previous+Page&pag=prv&pageNumberComingFrom=2&query=any%2Ccontains%2Cdolf%20wyllarde&indx=11&fn=search&dscnt=0&search_scope=LSCOP-ALL&vl(2084770704UI0)=any&scp.scps=scope%3A(BLCONTENT)&vid=BLVU1&ct=Next%20Page&institution=BL&srt=title&tab=local_tab&fromDL=&vl(freeText0)=dolf%20wyllarde&dstmp=1609497887316 Wyllarde's books] listed in the [[British Library]] catalogue</ref> |
Born on 3 April 1871 according to the 1939 England register,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/45196750:61596 |title=1939 England and Wales Register |via=Ancestry |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 July 2022 |archive-date=22 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822161317/https://www.ancestry.com/offers/join?dbid=61596&gsfn&gsln&h=45196750&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ancestry.com%2Fdiscoveryui-content%2Fview%2F45196750%3A61596 |url-status=live }}</ref> she was educated at [[King's College London]].<ref name=kemp /> She described herself as being a London correspondent, sports editor, reporter and a paragraphist. She suffered from being overworked in 1902 and took a short visit to [[South Africa]] "for the sake of her health".<ref name="bde_may1902"/> She published over 30 books between 1897 and 1939, including collections of stories, children's books, and many novels.<ref name=ford>{{cite web |title=[ Dolf Wyllarde [ Dorothy Margarette Selby Lowndes ], popular female novelist ] Autograph Letter Signed and two Typed Letters Signed (all three ''Dolf Wyllarde') requesting information to assist her in the writing of her books. |url=http://www.richardfordmanuscripts.co.uk/keywords/dolf |website=www.richardfordmanuscripts.co.uk |publisher=Richard Ford |access-date=1 January 2021 |archive-date=22 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822161328/http://www.richardfordmanuscripts.co.uk/keywords/dolf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?ct=Previous+Page&pag=prv&pageNumberComingFrom=2&query=any%2Ccontains%2Cdolf%20wyllarde&indx=11&fn=search&dscnt=0&search_scope=LSCOP-ALL&vl(2084770704UI0)=any&scp.scps=scope%3A(BLCONTENT)&vid=BLVU1&ct=Next%20Page&institution=BL&srt=title&tab=local_tab&fromDL=&vl(freeText0)=dolf%20wyllarde&dstmp=1609497887316 Wyllarde's books] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021085114/https://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?ct=Previous+Page&pag=prv&pageNumberComingFrom=2&query=any%2Ccontains%2Cdolf%20wyllarde&indx=11&fn=search&dscnt=0&search_scope=LSCOP-ALL&vl(2084770704UI0)=any&scp.scps=scope%3A(BLCONTENT)&vid=BLVU1&ct=Next%20Page&institution=BL&srt=title&tab=local_tab&fromDL=&vl(freeText0)=dolf%20wyllarde&dstmp=1609497887316 |date=21 October 2023 }} listed in the [[British Library]] catalogue</ref> |
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In 1902, her novel ''The Story of Eden'' was described by New York's ''[[The Brooklyn Daily Eagle]]'' as being "one of the brightest and cleverest novels that England has recently sent us".<ref name="bde_may1902">{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91029203/dolf-wyllarde/ |title=Dolf Wyllarde, the Author of "The Garden of Eden", Is Not a Pen-Name as Every One Believed |page=12 |date=15 May 1902}}</ref> Wyllarde recalled that the novel came about from a visit in 1889 to [[South Africa]] on account of illness, as she had "broken down from over-work". Some of the book was written while she was in [[Wynberg, Cape Town|Wynberg]] and she continued with it on her journey home. Despite being unwell, she conveyed that her training in [[journalism]] taught her quick writing and to write regardless whether she was ill or without inclination, noting that in her opinion, there was "no school so excellent for a writer as that of journalism."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91316421/dolf-wyllarde/ |title=Dolf Wyllarde writes 'The Story of Eden' |newspaper=The Buffalo Commercial |page=9 |date=15 May 1902}}</ref> The Brooklyn Daily Eagle would also later describe her in July 1907 as being "one of the pioneers in the latest phase of English fiction."<ref name="bde_jul1907">{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91026037/dolf-wyllarde/ |title=Don't Read This. The Novel Is Not Respectable |newspaper=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |page=22 |date=July 15, 1907}}</ref> Upon release of her novel ''Captain Amyas'', described as "a strong, masterly piece of fiction",<ref name="sfe_mar1905">{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91031863/dolf-wyllarde/ |title=A new Ouida has arisen |newspaper=The San Francisco Examiner |page=51 |date=5 March 1905}}</ref> she was being described as "a new power in the fiction world, a power to be reckoned with". Her novel ''Rose-White Youth'', a love story about a 15-year-old girl released in 1908, was considered a departure from the "realistic and plain spoken style which characterized her other books", with ''The Brooklyn Daily Eagle'' suggesting that her regular readers may find the novel "rather milk and water", although acknowledged many would appreciate the style of story.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91026360/dolf-wyllarde/ |title="Rose-White Youth" by Dolf Wyllarde |newspaper=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |page=8 |date=14 December 1908}}</ref> In 1913 she was elected a fellow of the [[Royal Geographical Society]].<ref name="bell">{{cite journal |last1=Bell |first1=Morag |last2=McEwan |first2=Cheryl |title=The Admission of Women Fellows to the Royal Geographical Society, 1892-1914; the Controversy and the Outcome |journal=The Geographical Journal |date=November 1996 |volume=162 |issue=3 |pages=295 |doi=10.2307/3059652|jstor=3059652 }}</ref> |
In 1902, her novel ''The Story of Eden'' was described by New York's ''[[The Brooklyn Daily Eagle]]'' as being "one of the brightest and cleverest novels that England has recently sent us".<ref name="bde_may1902">{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91029203/dolf-wyllarde/ |title=Dolf Wyllarde, the Author of "The Garden of Eden", Is Not a Pen-Name as Every One Believed |page=12 |date=15 May 1902 |access-date=23 December 2021 |archive-date=23 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223150617/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91029203/dolf-wyllarde/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Wyllarde recalled that the novel came about from a visit in 1889 to [[South Africa]] on account of illness, as she had "broken down from over-work". Some of the book was written while she was in [[Wynberg, Cape Town|Wynberg]] and she continued with it on her journey home. Despite being unwell, she conveyed that her training in [[journalism]] taught her quick writing and to write regardless whether she was ill or without inclination, noting that in her opinion, there was "no school so excellent for a writer as that of journalism."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91316421/dolf-wyllarde/ |title=Dolf Wyllarde writes 'The Story of Eden' |newspaper=The Buffalo Commercial |page=9 |date=15 May 1902 |access-date=28 December 2021 |archive-date=28 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228182624/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91316421/dolf-wyllarde/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Brooklyn Daily Eagle would also later describe her in July 1907 as being "one of the pioneers in the latest phase of English fiction."<ref name="bde_jul1907">{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91026037/dolf-wyllarde/ |title=Don't Read This. The Novel Is Not Respectable |newspaper=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |page=22 |date=July 15, 1907 |access-date=23 December 2021 |archive-date=22 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822162055/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle-dolf-wyllarde/91026037/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Upon release of her novel ''Captain Amyas'', described as "a strong, masterly piece of fiction",<ref name="sfe_mar1905">{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91031863/dolf-wyllarde/ |title=A new Ouida has arisen |newspaper=The San Francisco Examiner |page=51 |date=5 March 1905 |access-date=23 December 2021 |archive-date=22 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822161415/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-dolf-wyllarde/91031863/ |url-status=live }}</ref> she was being described as "a new power in the fiction world, a power to be reckoned with". Her novel ''Rose-White Youth'', a love story about a 15-year-old girl released in 1908, was considered a departure from the "realistic and plain spoken style which characterized her other books", with ''The Brooklyn Daily Eagle'' suggesting that her regular readers may find the novel "rather milk and water", although acknowledged many would appreciate the style of story.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91026360/dolf-wyllarde/ |title="Rose-White Youth" by Dolf Wyllarde |newspaper=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |page=8 |date=14 December 1908 |access-date=23 December 2021 |archive-date=23 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223131623/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91026360/dolf-wyllarde/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1913 she was elected a fellow of the [[Royal Geographical Society]].<ref name="bell">{{cite journal |last1=Bell |first1=Morag |last2=McEwan |first2=Cheryl |title=The Admission of Women Fellows to the Royal Geographical Society, 1892-1914; the Controversy and the Outcome |journal=The Geographical Journal |date=November 1996 |volume=162 |issue=3 |pages=295 |doi=10.2307/3059652|jstor=3059652 }}</ref> |
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Her poem "Rondeaux d'Amour" was published in volume 4 of ''[[The Yellow Book]]''<ref name="yellow">{{cite journal |last1=Wyllarde |first1=Dolf |title=Rondeaux d'Amour |journal=[[The Yellow Book]] |date=1895 |volume=4 |pages=87–89 |url=https://archive.org/details/yellowjan189504uoft/page/n101/mode/2up}} ''Facsimile''</ref><ref name="rondeaux">{{cite web |title=Rondeaux d'Amour |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Yellow_Book/Volume_4/Rondeaux_d%27Amour |publisher=WikiSource |access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> and she published two other collections of poetry.<ref name=kemp /> |
Her poem "Rondeaux d'Amour" was published in volume 4 of ''[[The Yellow Book]]''<ref name="yellow">{{cite journal |last1=Wyllarde |first1=Dolf |title=Rondeaux d'Amour |journal=[[The Yellow Book]] |date=1895 |volume=4 |pages=87–89 |url=https://archive.org/details/yellowjan189504uoft/page/n101/mode/2up}} ''Facsimile''</ref><ref name="rondeaux">{{cite web |title=Rondeaux d'Amour |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Yellow_Book/Volume_4/Rondeaux_d%27Amour |publisher=WikiSource |access-date=1 January 2021 |archive-date=22 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822161252/https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Yellow_Book/Volume_4/Rondeaux_d%27Amour |url-status=live }}</ref> and she published two other collections of poetry.<ref name=kemp /> |
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==Later work== |
==Later work== |
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Her 1916 novel ''Exile: an outpost of empire'' was the basis of [[Exile (1917 film)|a 1917 American film]],<ref name="exile">{{cite web |title=Exile (1917) |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/16900-EXILE?sid=c26e387d-d153-4bb0-9916-d938b81430f7&sr=10.723172&cp=1&pos=0 |website=Catalog of Feature Films |publisher=AFI |access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> and ''The Holiday Husband'' was filmed in 1920 featuring [[Adeline Hayden Coffin]].<ref name="holiday">{{cite web |title=The Holiday Husband (1920) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7da40fd7 |website=BFI |access-date=1 January 2021 |language=en}}{{dead link|date=October 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> |
Her 1916 novel ''Exile: an outpost of empire'' was the basis of [[Exile (1917 film)|a 1917 American film]],<ref name="exile">{{cite web |title=Exile (1917) |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/16900-EXILE?sid=c26e387d-d153-4bb0-9916-d938b81430f7&sr=10.723172&cp=1&pos=0 |website=Catalog of Feature Films |publisher=AFI |access-date=1 January 2021 |archive-date=22 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822161256/https://catalog.afi.com/Film/16900-EXILE?sid=c26e387d-d153-4bb0-9916-d938b81430f7&sr=10.723172&cp=1&pos=0 |url-status=live }}</ref> and ''The Holiday Husband'' was filmed in 1920 featuring [[Adeline Hayden Coffin]].<ref name="holiday">{{cite web |title=The Holiday Husband (1920) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7da40fd7 |website=BFI |access-date=1 January 2021 |language=en}}{{dead link|date=October 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> |
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==Personal== |
==Personal== |
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During the early 20th century, there was speculation as to whether her name was a [[pen name]], which was a commonly held view according to ''The Brooklyn Daily Eagle'' in May 1902. Responding to the suggestion, Wyllarde conveyed her amusement "by the incredulity cast" on her name, assuring those who doubted it as being her actual name that her own friends could "testify as to its extreme suitability" and that she was not able to imagine being named anything other than Dolf.<ref name="bde_may1902"/> She would also sometimes be incorrectly referred to as a male writer,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91034184/dolf-wyllarde/ |title=Dolf Wyllarde, the author, is a good raconteur |newspaper=The Minneapolis |page=4 |date=8 June 1904}}</ref> with critics believing she was a man and the [[Print media|press]] congratulating "Mr Wyllarde" on "his new and instant success".<ref name="sfe_mar1905"/> |
During the early 20th century, there was speculation as to whether her name was a [[pen name]], which was a commonly held view according to ''The Brooklyn Daily Eagle'' in May 1902. Responding to the suggestion, Wyllarde conveyed her amusement "by the incredulity cast" on her name, assuring those who doubted it as being her actual name that her own friends could "testify as to its extreme suitability" and that she was not able to imagine being named anything other than Dolf.<ref name="bde_may1902"/> She would also sometimes be incorrectly referred to as a male writer,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91034184/dolf-wyllarde/ |title=Dolf Wyllarde, the author, is a good raconteur |newspaper=The Minneapolis |page=4 |date=8 June 1904 |access-date=23 December 2021 |archive-date=23 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223210632/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91034184/dolf-wyllarde/ |url-status=live }}</ref> with critics believing she was a man and the [[Print media|press]] congratulating "Mr Wyllarde" on "his new and instant success".<ref name="sfe_mar1905"/> |
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Little is known about her life, except that she lived at Old Mixon Manor near [[Weston-super-Mare]].<ref name=bloom /> She was boarding with several other people in [[Weymouth, Dorset]] at the time of the [[1911 United Kingdom census|1911 census]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2352/images/rg14_12344_0203_04 |title=1911 England Census |via=Ancestry |url-access=subscription |date=1911 |access-date=3 July 2022}}</ref> She made several summer trips by ship to [[Marseilles]] over a period of several years in the 1930s, such as in July 1931 at the age of 60,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2997/images/41039_b001314-00380 |title=UK and Ireland Outward Passenger Lists, 1931 |via=Ancestry |url-access=subscription |date=July 1931 |access-date=3 July 2022}}</ref> June 1932 at the age of 61,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2997/images/41039_b001343-00400 |title=UK and Ireland Outward Passenger Lists, June 1932 |via=Ancestry |url-access=subscription |date=24 June 1932 |access-date=3 July 2022}}</ref> and in July 1933.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1518/images/30807_A001019-00449 |title=UK and Ireland Outward Passenger Lists, July 1933 |via=Ancestry |url-access=subscription |date=7 July 1933 |access-date=3 July 2022}}</ref> |
Little is known about her life, except that she lived at Old Mixon Manor near [[Weston-super-Mare]].<ref name=bloom /> She was boarding with several other people in [[Weymouth, Dorset]] at the time of the [[1911 United Kingdom census|1911 census]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2352/images/rg14_12344_0203_04 |title=1911 England Census |via=Ancestry |url-access=subscription |date=1911 |access-date=3 July 2022 |archive-date=3 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703154556/https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2352/images/rg14_12344_0203_04 |url-status=live }}</ref> She made several summer trips by ship to [[Marseilles]] over a period of several years in the 1930s, such as in July 1931 at the age of 60,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2997/images/41039_b001314-00380 |title=UK and Ireland Outward Passenger Lists, 1931 |via=Ancestry |url-access=subscription |date=July 1931 |access-date=3 July 2022 |archive-date=3 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703154600/https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2997/images/41039_b001314-00380 |url-status=live }}</ref> June 1932 at the age of 61,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2997/images/41039_b001343-00400 |title=UK and Ireland Outward Passenger Lists, June 1932 |via=Ancestry |url-access=subscription |date=24 June 1932 |access-date=3 July 2022 |archive-date=3 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703154556/https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2997/images/41039_b001343-00400 |url-status=live }}</ref> and in July 1933.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1518/images/30807_A001019-00449 |title=UK and Ireland Outward Passenger Lists, July 1933 |via=Ancestry |url-access=subscription |date=7 July 1933 |access-date=3 July 2022 |archive-date=3 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703154601/https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1518/images/30807_A001019-00449 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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Wyllarde died a [[spinster]] on 10 May 1950, leaving effects worth just over £49443.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/18032450:1904 |title=Dorothy Margarette Selby Lowndes in the England & Wales, National Probate Calendar |publisher=National Probate Calendar |via=Ancestry |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 July 2022}}</ref> |
Wyllarde died a [[spinster]] on 10 May 1950, leaving effects worth just over £49443.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/18032450:1904 |title=Dorothy Margarette Selby Lowndes in the England & Wales, National Probate Calendar |publisher=National Probate Calendar |via=Ancestry |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 July 2022 |archive-date=22 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240822162046/https://www.ancestry.com/offers/join?dbid=1904&gsfn&gsln&h=18032450&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ancestry.com%2Fdiscoveryui-content%2Fview%2F18032450%3A1904 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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Revision as of 16:21, 22 August 2024
Dolf Wyllarde | |
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Born | Dorothy Margarette Selby Lowndes 3 April 1871 |
Died | 10 May 1950 | (aged 79)
Pen name | Dolf Wyllarde |
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Alma mater | King's College London |
Period | 1897–1939 |
Genre | Fiction |
Dorothy Margarette Selby Lowndes, writing as Dolf Wyllarde (3 April 1871 - 10 May 1950)[1] was a British journalist and a writer of verse and fiction.[2][3] From 1897 to 1939, she was known to publish in excess of 30 books, including novels, stories and children's literature. Numerous reviews of her work mistakenly referred to her as a male due to misunderstanding of her chosen name, with some believing it to be a pen name.
She was described by one newspaper as being "one of the pioneers in the latest phase of English fiction" and as "a new power in the fiction world, a power to be reckoned with". Little is known about her private life and she died a spinster in May 1950.
Early work
Born on 3 April 1871 according to the 1939 England register,[4] she was educated at King's College London.[2] She described herself as being a London correspondent, sports editor, reporter and a paragraphist. She suffered from being overworked in 1902 and took a short visit to South Africa "for the sake of her health".[5] She published over 30 books between 1897 and 1939, including collections of stories, children's books, and many novels.[6][7]
In 1902, her novel The Story of Eden was described by New York's The Brooklyn Daily Eagle as being "one of the brightest and cleverest novels that England has recently sent us".[5] Wyllarde recalled that the novel came about from a visit in 1889 to South Africa on account of illness, as she had "broken down from over-work". Some of the book was written while she was in Wynberg and she continued with it on her journey home. Despite being unwell, she conveyed that her training in journalism taught her quick writing and to write regardless whether she was ill or without inclination, noting that in her opinion, there was "no school so excellent for a writer as that of journalism."[8] The Brooklyn Daily Eagle would also later describe her in July 1907 as being "one of the pioneers in the latest phase of English fiction."[9] Upon release of her novel Captain Amyas, described as "a strong, masterly piece of fiction",[10] she was being described as "a new power in the fiction world, a power to be reckoned with". Her novel Rose-White Youth, a love story about a 15-year-old girl released in 1908, was considered a departure from the "realistic and plain spoken style which characterized her other books", with The Brooklyn Daily Eagle suggesting that her regular readers may find the novel "rather milk and water", although acknowledged many would appreciate the style of story.[11] In 1913 she was elected a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.[12]
Her poem "Rondeaux d'Amour" was published in volume 4 of The Yellow Book[13][14] and she published two other collections of poetry.[2]
Later work
Her 1916 novel Exile: an outpost of empire was the basis of a 1917 American film,[15] and The Holiday Husband was filmed in 1920 featuring Adeline Hayden Coffin.[16]
Personal
During the early 20th century, there was speculation as to whether her name was a pen name, which was a commonly held view according to The Brooklyn Daily Eagle in May 1902. Responding to the suggestion, Wyllarde conveyed her amusement "by the incredulity cast" on her name, assuring those who doubted it as being her actual name that her own friends could "testify as to its extreme suitability" and that she was not able to imagine being named anything other than Dolf.[5] She would also sometimes be incorrectly referred to as a male writer,[17] with critics believing she was a man and the press congratulating "Mr Wyllarde" on "his new and instant success".[10]
Little is known about her life, except that she lived at Old Mixon Manor near Weston-super-Mare.[3] She was boarding with several other people in Weymouth, Dorset at the time of the 1911 census.[18] She made several summer trips by ship to Marseilles over a period of several years in the 1930s, such as in July 1931 at the age of 60,[19] June 1932 at the age of 61,[20] and in July 1933.[21]
Wyllarde died a spinster on 10 May 1950, leaving effects worth just over £49443.[22]
References
- ^ Dolf Wyllarde at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- ^ a b c Kemp, Sandra (1997). "Dolf Wyllarde". Edwardian fiction : an Oxford companion. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198117605. Archived from the original on 22 August 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ a b Bloom, C. (29 September 2008). "Dolf Wyllarde (Dorothy Margarette Selby Lowndes)". Bestsellers: Popular Fiction since 1900. Springer. p. 190. ISBN 978-0-230-58387-0. Archived from the original on 22 August 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "1939 England and Wales Register". Archived from the original on 22 August 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2022 – via Ancestry.
- ^ a b c "Dolf Wyllarde, the Author of "The Garden of Eden", Is Not a Pen-Name as Every One Believed". 15 May 1902. p. 12. Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ "[ Dolf Wyllarde [ Dorothy Margarette Selby Lowndes ], popular female novelist ] Autograph Letter Signed and two Typed Letters Signed (all three Dolf Wyllarde') requesting information to assist her in the writing of her books". www.richardfordmanuscripts.co.uk. Richard Ford. Archived from the original on 22 August 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Wyllarde's books Archived 21 October 2023 at the Wayback Machine listed in the British Library catalogue
- ^ "Dolf Wyllarde writes 'The Story of Eden'". The Buffalo Commercial. 15 May 1902. p. 9. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ "Don't Read This. The Novel Is Not Respectable". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 15 July 1907. p. 22. Archived from the original on 22 August 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ a b "A new Ouida has arisen". The San Francisco Examiner. 5 March 1905. p. 51. Archived from the original on 22 August 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ ""Rose-White Youth" by Dolf Wyllarde". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 14 December 1908. p. 8. Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ Bell, Morag; McEwan, Cheryl (November 1996). "The Admission of Women Fellows to the Royal Geographical Society, 1892-1914; the Controversy and the Outcome". The Geographical Journal. 162 (3): 295. doi:10.2307/3059652. JSTOR 3059652.
- ^ Wyllarde, Dolf (1895). "Rondeaux d'Amour". The Yellow Book. 4: 87–89. Facsimile
- ^ "Rondeaux d'Amour". WikiSource. Archived from the original on 22 August 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Exile (1917)". Catalog of Feature Films. AFI. Archived from the original on 22 August 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "The Holiday Husband (1920)". BFI. Retrieved 1 January 2021.[dead link ]
- ^ "Dolf Wyllarde, the author, is a good raconteur". The Minneapolis. 8 June 1904. p. 4. Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ "1911 England Census". 1911. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022 – via Ancestry.
- ^ "UK and Ireland Outward Passenger Lists, 1931". July 1931. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022 – via Ancestry.
- ^ "UK and Ireland Outward Passenger Lists, June 1932". 24 June 1932. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022 – via Ancestry.
- ^ "UK and Ireland Outward Passenger Lists, July 1933". 7 July 1933. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022 – via Ancestry.
- ^ "Dorothy Margarette Selby Lowndes in the England & Wales, National Probate Calendar". National Probate Calendar. Archived from the original on 22 August 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2022 – via Ancestry.
External links
- Dolf Wyllarde at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- "Dolf Wyllarde---crazy name, crazy gal". Jot101. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- Dolf Wyllarde at IMDb
- Works by Wyllarde available as full text facsimiles at the Internet Archive
- 1871 births
- 1950 deaths
- Alumni of King's College London
- English women poets
- 19th-century English poets
- English women novelists
- 20th-century English novelists
- 20th-century English women
- 20th-century English people
- 19th-century English women writers
- Pseudonymous women writers
- 19th-century pseudonymous writers
- 20th-century pseudonymous writers