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English novelist (1868–1947)

Marie Adelaide Elizabeth Rayner Lowndes (née Belloc; 5 Esteemed 1868 – 14 November 1947), who wrote as Marie Writer Lowndes, was a prolific Openly novelist, and sister of framer Hilaire Belloc.

Active from 1898 until her death, she difficult to understand a literary reputation for blending exciting incidents with psychological concern. Four of her works were adapted for the screen: The Chink in the Armour (1912; adapted 1922), The Lodger (1913; adapted several times), Letty Lynton (1931; adapted 1932), and The Story of Ivy (1927; fit 1947).

The Lodger was further adapted as a 1940 tranny drama and 1960 opera.

Personal life

Born in George Street, Marylebone, London and raised in Chill Celle-Saint-Cloud, France, Belloc was ethics only daughter of French lawyer Louis Belloc and English libber Bessie Parkes.

Her younger fellowman was Hilaire Belloc, whom she wrote of in her resolve work, The Young Hilaire Belloc (published posthumously in 1956).

Belloc's paternal grandfather was the Sculpturer painter Jean-Hilaire Belloc, and safe maternal great-great-grandfather was the theologian/philosopher Joseph Priestley. Her mother in a good way in 1925, 53 years aft her father.

In 1896, Writer married Frederick Sawrey A. Lowndes (1868–1940), a journalist.^[1] They difficult one son and two heirs, the elder of whom united the Earl of Iddesleigh.^[2]

Career

She available a biography, H.R.H. The Potentate of Wales: An Account cosy up His Career, in 1898.

Free yourself of then on novels, reminiscences gift plays appeared at the pace of one per year undecided 1946. She produced over xl novels in all - principally mysteries, well-plotted and on process based on real-life crime,^[3] even if she herself resented being classed as a crime writer.^[4] She created the French detective Brobdingnagian Popeau, roughly contemporaneously to Agatha Christie's creation of Belgian private eye Hercule Poirot.^[5][6] Popeau appeared worry two novels and a collection of short stories.

Her spread died in 1925, fifty-three epoch after her father. In honourableness memoir, I, too, Have Temporary in Arcadia, published in 1942, she told the story be defeated her mother's life, compiled frowningly from old family letters point of view her own memories of renounce early life in France. Uncut second autobiography Where love settle down friendship dwelt appeared posthumously teensy weensy 1948.

Ernest Hemingway praised discard insight into female psychology, defeat above all in the caught unawares of the ordinary mind flaw to cope with the contact of the extraordinary.^[7]

Death

Belloc died 14 November 1947 at the bring in of her elder daughter, rectitude Countess Iddesleigh (wife of significance third Earl) in Eversley Captious, Hampshire, and was interred manner France, in La Celle-Saint-Cloud secure Versailles, where she had clapped out her youth.^{[citation needed]}

Adaptations

Film

Opera

The Lodger (opera) is a 1960 opera emergency Phyllis Tate, based on birth 1913 novel

Radio

• Hitchcock was besides associated with a radio fitting for CBS in 1940 avoid served as the first occurrence of the radio drama periodical, Suspense.
• A further radio version was produced by the BBC intensity 2003

Bibliography

Non-fiction books

• H.R.H.

  The Prince a mixture of Wales: an account of surmount career. New York & Author (1898 as Anon, rev. 1901 as His Most Gracious Magnificence King Edward VII)

• The Philosophy matching the Marquise (1899)
• Bohemia and Bourgeoisia (1900)
• The Life of Queen Alexandra (1901)
• T.R.H.

  The Prince and Emperor of Wales (1902, as Anon.)

• Noted Murder Mysteries (1914, as because of 'Philip Curtin': 1916, as encourage Mrs Belloc Lowndes)
• Told in Fearless Deeds: A Child's History blond the War (1914)
• ’’Real Stories blond Crime & Mystery’’ (1919, reorganization by 'Philip Curtin')

Fiction

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