Marie Corelli. Complete Works. Illustrated

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From the appearance of her first novel A Romance of Two Worlds in 1886, Marie Corelli became the bestselling fiction-writer in England, her works largely concerned with Christianity, reincarnation, astral projection and mysticism.Sales of Corelli's novels exceeded the combined sales of popular contemporaries, including Arthur Conan Doyle, H. G. Wells, and Rudyard Kipling, critics often derided her work as "the favourite of the common multitude".Her works were collected by Winston Churchill, Randolph Churchill, and members of the British Royal Family, among others.Contents:The NovelsA Romance of Two WorldsVendetta!ThelmaArdathWormwoodThe Soul of LilithBarabbasThe Sorrows of SatanThe Mighty AtomThe Murder of DeliciaZiskaBoyThe Master-ChristianTemporal PowerGod's Good ManTreasure of HeavenHoly OrdersLife EverlastingInnocentThe Young DianaThe Secret PowerLove and the PhilosopherOpen Confession to a Man from a WomanThe Shorter FictionCameosThe Song of Miriam and Other StoriesJaneThe Strange Visitation of Josiah McNasonDelicia and Other StoriesThe Love of Long Ago, and Other StoriesThe Non-FictionThe Modern Marriage MarketThe Passing of the Great QueenThe BiographyMemoirs of Marie Corelli by Bertha Vyver

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Mary Mackay (1 May 1855 21 April 1924), known by her pseudonym Marie Corelli, was an English novelist.

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