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Florence Marryat

1833 - 1899

Best known work

  • There is No Death, 1891

Other well known work(s)

  • Love's Conflict, 1865
  • The Nobler Sex, 1892
  • The Blood of the Vampire, 1897

Genres

  • Fiction - Novels
  • Fiction - Short Stories
  • Biography / Autobiography
  • Plays

Nom de plume

Florence Church, Florence Lean

Social class

Middle class

Parental background

Her father was a Naval Officer and author and her mother of noble descent. Marryat was educated at home and was an avid reader.

At publication of best known work

  • Age: 58
  • Marital status: Married
  • Number of children: 7

Physical description

In "An Interview with Miss Florence Marryat" in The Pall Mall Gazette (May 16 1883) the writer describes her as "a fine figure of a woman, tall and stately." Giving a lecture in Burnley, described in the Burnley Express and Clitheroe Division Advertiser (Nov 10 1894), "she is a well-built woman" with "a fringe of yellowish-brown hair and a pair of spectacles dressed in black satin evening dress, a necklace of pearls and many rings upon her fingers."

Did you know?

Marryat embarked on a stage career in her mid-forties following the breakdown of two marriages and even had her own one woman show in the 1880s.

Additional information

Catherine Pope's excellent site at has everything you need to know about Marryat in a very accessible platform.

 

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