Online Encyclopedia

FRANCES ELIZA HODGSON BURNETT (1849– )

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 853 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

FRANCES ELIZA

HODGSON BURNETT (1849– )  , Anglo-
See also:
American novelist, whose maiden name was Hodgson, was born in Manchester, England, on the 24th of November 1849; she went to
See also:
America with her parents, who settled in
See also:
Knoxville,
See also:
Tennessee, in 1865 .
See also:
Miss Hodgson soon began to write stories for magazines . In 1873 she married Dr L . M . Burnett of Washington, whom she afterwards (1898) divorced . Her reputation as a novelist was made by her remarkable tale of
See also:
Lancashire
See also:
life, That Lass o' Lowrie's (1877), and a number of other volumes followed, of which the best were Through one Administration (1883) and A Lady of Quality (1896) . In 1886 she attained a new popularity by her charming story of Little Lord Fauntleroy, and this led to other stories of child-life . Little Lord Fauntleroy was dramatized (see
See also:
COPYRIGHT for the legal questions involved) and had a
See also:
great success on the stage; and other dramas by her were also produced . In 1900 she married a second time, her
See also:
husband being Mr Stephen Townesend, a surgeon, who (as Will Dennis ) had taken to the stage and had collaborated with her in some of her plays .

End of Article: FRANCES ELIZA HODGSON BURNETT (1849– )
[back]
THOMAS BURNET (1635-1715)
[next]
CHARLES BURNEY (1726-1814)

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click and select "copy." Paste it into a website, email, or other HTML document.