Best known work

• Monochromes, 1895

Other well known work(s)

• Miscellaneous and numerous contributions to The Yellow Book in the 1890s, 1890

Genres

• Fiction - Novels
• Fiction - Short Stories

Nom de plume

Constance Eleanor Mary Byrne, D'Arcy, Gilbert H. Page

Social class

Middle class

Parental background

Her father was a maltster and corn dealer, and her mother had a private income from the family estate in Ireland. Privately educated at a convent and abroad.

At publication of best known work

• Age: 38
• Marital status: Unmarried
• Number of children: 0

Physical description

"Ella D'Arcy was short in stature, with ginger hair, small greenish eyes, and a large upper lip" (C.M.P.Taylor, ODNB)

Did you know?

Ella loved to travel and was notoriously bad at maintaining her friendships because of her trips abroad, often reappearing unannounced, earning her the moniker 'Goblin Ella'.

Additional information

A brief biography and a list of selected publications can be found at the Yellow Nineties online.