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Dolf Wyllarde

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Dorothy Margarette Selby Lowndes, writing as Dolf Wyllarde (1871-10 May 1950)[1] was a British journalist and a writer of verse and fiction.[2][3]

She was educated at King's College London.[2] In 1913 she was elected a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.[4] Little is known about her life, except that she lived at Old Mixon Manor near Weston-super-Mare.[3]

Her poem "Rondeaux d'Amour" was published in volume 4 of The Yellow Book[5][6] and she published two other collections of poetry.[2]

She published over 30 books between 1897 and 1939, including collections of stories, children's books, and many novels.[7][8]

Her 1916 novel Exile: an outpost of empire was the basis of a 1917 American film,[9] and The Holiday Husband was filmed in 1920 featuring Adeline Hayden Coffin.[10]

References

  1. ^ Dolf Wyllarde at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  2. ^ a b c Kemp, Sandra (1997). "Dolf Wyllarde". Edwardian fiction : an Oxford companion. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198117605.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Wyllarde, Dolf (1895). "Rondeaux d'Amour". The Yellow Book. 4: 87–89. Facsimile
  6. ^ "Rondeaux d'Amour". WikiSource. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  7. ^ "[ 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. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  8. ^ Wyllarde's books listed in the British Library catalogue
  9. ^ "Exile (1917)". Catalog of Feature Films. AFI. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  10. ^ "The Holiday Husband (1920)". BFI. Retrieved 1 January 2021.