Lucas Malet
Encyclopedia
Lucas Malet is the pseudonym
of Mary St Leger Kingsley (4 June 1852 Eversley
, Hampshire
- 1931), Victorian novelist.
She was the daughter of Charles Kingsley
, author of The Water Babies. In 1876 she married William Harrison, Minor Canon of Westminster
, and Priest-in-Ordinary to the Queen.
She also completed her father's unfinished novel The Tutor's Story.
Pseudonym
A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...
of Mary St Leger Kingsley (4 June 1852 Eversley
Eversley
Eversley is a village and civil parish in the Hart District of North-East Hampshire, England, 21 km North East of Basingstoke. Its northern boundary is formed by the River Blackwater....
, Hampshire
Hampshire
Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...
- 1931), Victorian novelist.
She was the daughter of Charles Kingsley
Charles Kingsley
Charles Kingsley was an English priest of the Church of England, university professor, historian and novelist, particularly associated with the West Country and northeast Hampshire.-Life and character:...
, author of The Water Babies. In 1876 she married William Harrison, Minor Canon of Westminster
Dean and Canons of Westminster
The Dean and Canons of Westminster are the ecclesiastical body of Westminster Abbey, a collegiate church of the Church of England and royal peculiar in Westminster, England. They meet in Chapter and are also known as the Dean and Chapter of Westminster....
, and Priest-in-Ordinary to the Queen.
Works
- Mrs Lorimer: A Study in Black and White (1882)
- Colonel Enderby's Wife (1885)
- Little Peter: A Christmas Morality for Children of Any Age (1888)
- A Counsel of Perfection (1888)
- The Wages of Sin (1890)
- The Carissima: A Modern Grotesque (1896)
- The Gateless Barrier (1900)
- The History of Sir Richard Calmady (1901), based on the life of Arthur MacMorrough KavanaghArthur MacMorrough KavanaghArthur MacMorrough Kavanagh , Irish politician, son of Thomas Kavanagh, M.P., who traced his descent to the ancient Kings of Leinster , was born at Borris House, County Carlow, Ireland....
- The Far Horizon (1907)
- Adrian Savage (1911)
- Deadham Hard (1919)
- The Tall Villa (1920)
- The Survivors (1923)
- The Pool (1930)
She also completed her father's unfinished novel The Tutor's Story.
External links
- Works at The Victorian Women Writers Project
- Lucas Malet at The Literary Encyclopedia