New-York tribune., 1897-01-31
MARIE CORELLI.
A WRITER OF LURID ROMANCES.
SUNNY SMILE" AND OTHERWISE
EXCESSIVE LONELINESS.
From The Woman at Home.

From The Woman at Home.
The name Of Marie Corelll is frequently supposed
to be "a &nom,de.pume Ynfath1mshs ir its secrecy
asosYss ohns sSqa be fa1st asr from 'If
tion. which accounts for the glowing PICTURESQUE
infant in arms by the weli-known poet and author
Dr. Charles LES Mackay. the writer Of Cheer. Boys.
other lyrics OF worldwide popularity She was
brHs brya %r in ar ard by
been somewhat dull and n.onotonous, she had
she. early formed a passionate attachment for
books. and every moment of her recreation hours
sne, had freedom to read whatever books She fan
cied. She had very reteniivc memory; and by the
from the novels OF Walter scott As child she
Hsd to c r h his ana pr Aohny
pleased him better. as her musical faculty devel-
II was intended that she adopt the musical pro-
fssion and to compIec her studies in music and
younG girl to a French convent She studied
most arduously and speedily became a very brill
composition so much so that she at this time near
l,S Il Sompted The 20 Of a. 4ysr
ever to tell upon her strength and she was ordered
point in her prcer or prac,cny nnosh sht and m
premeditated
PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPERIENCE BOOK.
During this interval OF rest. before launching.
according TO her intention upon a public musical
romance In which embodied some extraor-
dirary psychological experiences through which
tbued hsr 70 health M and TpS puoyaney Of
snder Sp The Gynr IN care M and M r n
kay. and having for companion her step-brother.
aUthar not of ns thai C
ualy asserted It's claim TO Miss Corelll's genius.
story nS one OF Apuewsmjths shIiIjnG railway vo
umes However. she finally determined to try its
o' to the si pubshng rm Of Bentley e Son
All the readers & Of the firm ;In among whom hon at at
late Mr.. George Bentley struck by the unusual
ferocy of the criticisms upon the work sent for
he Immediately accepted 1t. The original title
.'Uplifted." but his was hanged 10 the more at
which Miss Corelli is ndebied to her step brother
The romance was published in 1885, and met with
overwhelming success from the first. in spite OF the
fact that II received only four short and unfavor
@oe notices Tsrv IN r ycr G rra PUZZLE @
lion Of The romano was demanded It was pirated
translated into one European Language after an
other. and became gencrai topic for discussion.
tions. testifyng that through its pages they had
had their religious doubts removed and their fath
clergyman wrote that the book had saved him from
suicide
1856. is story of revenge worked out with appalling
; iealism. mastery OF situation. and a fower OF
have deemed entirely beyond the achievement of
q comparative girl. We realize. read
that Italian blood stirs in tho authors veins
she throws herself with so much abandon into
the whirwind ara temTest Of the. story The
late George Augusta Sala huni0rousiy remarked
that nc read ''The Vendetta" with "a wet
cloth round his head and his feet In basin of feed
and camphora' ed water" but though it made him
shudder. he still continued 10 read.
Weird and terrible as the story is. t. is founded
upon actual occurrences which took pace In Naples
during the cholera IN 1881. when man. mistaken
for dead. buried alive. in the Of the
hero Of the novel. Fabio Itomani. Nothing" Miss
Coroli would remind her readers. 'ls
strange than truth nothing at times moro terrible"
and although ihe carefully plotted scheme by
which Fabo accoinpliehos revenge his fathless
wife awful for prolpa y! ity. the
author maintains tfat strange and awful deeds are
still rorpetratcd in Itay-'1ecdS Of which III. world
IN general hea~s rotrin%. ana which. when brougl;
TO sh; al last. are received with surprise and in
creduity."