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Marie Corelli, born on May 1, 1855, and died on April 21, 1924, was a renowned British novelist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Known for her romantic style and rich imagination, her works were highly popular during her time.

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Famous Marie Corelli Quotes

“Wealth acts merely as a kind of mirror to show you human nature at its worst.”

Humans Kind Shows Wealth Worst Human Nature Mirrors

Book:The Sorrows of Satan

Source: The Sorrows of Satan

“Imagination is the supreme endowment of the poet and romanticist. It is a kind of second sight, which conveys the owner of it to places he has never seen, and surrounds him with strange circumstances of which he is merely the spiritual eyewitness.”

Kind Spiritual Imagination Strange Poet Circumstances Sight Supreme Owners Surround Endowment Eyewitnesses

Author:Marie Corelli

“it seems a silly kind o' business to bring us into the world at all for no special reason 'cept to take us out of it again just as folks 'ave learned to know us a bit and find us useful.”

Knows World Life Kind Reason Seems Bits Special Folks Silly

Book:Innocent

Source: Innocent

“the world is not always kind to a clever woman even when she is visibly known to be earning her own living. There are always spiteful tongues wagging in the secret corners and byways, ready to assert that her work is not her own and and that some man is in the background, helping to keep her!”

Men World Kind Helping Secret Known Ready Corners Tongue Clever Backgrounds Earning Spiteful Clever Woman

Book:Innocent: Her Fancy and His Fact

Source: Innocent: Her Fancy and His Fact

About the Author

Born: May 1, 1855
Died: April 21, 1924
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 56

Books & Sources

The Master ChristianRelated source material

Free Opinions, Freely Expressed on Certain Phases of Modern Social Life and ConductRelated source material

The Life Everlasting: A Reality of RomanceRelated source material

A Romance of Two WorldsRelated source material

Delphi Complete Works of Marie Corelli (Illustrated)Related source material

The Soul of LilithRelated source material

InnocentRelated source material

Innocent: Her Fancy and His FactRelated source material

Wormwood: A Drama of ParisRelated source material

Jane: A Social IncidentRelated source material

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