Marie Corelli: 88 books

Though she initially achieved remarkable literary acclaim with romance novel with elements of the supernatural, Marie Corelli later branched out into a number of different genres. The Secret Power is a fascinating foray into fantasy tinged with spirituality and mysticism. In Corelli's vision of the...

Christianity almost always plays a thematic role in the novels of Marie Corelli, but in The Master Christian, this abidingly popular late Victorian novelist tackles the subject directly. Written in an appealingly simple style, Corelli considers what it really means to be a Christian in the modern world.

Mary Mackay was a British novelist who began her career as a musician, adopting the name Marie Corelli for her billing. She gave up music, turning to writing instead and in 1886 published her first novel, A Romance of Two Worlds. In her time, she was the most widely read author of fiction but came...

Mary Mackay was a British novelist who began her career as a musician, adopting the name Marie Corelli for her billing. She gave up music, turning to writing instead and in 1886 published her first novel, A Romance of Two Worlds. In her time, she was the most widely read author of fiction but came...

In a marked divergence from her earlier, typically fantastically imaginative works, Marie Corelli remains true to her subtitle in the novel God's Good Man: A Simple Love Story. The plot revolves around a humble clergyman who is more than content with his lot in life — until his fate is unexpectedly intertwined with a fetching young woman from America.

Writer Marie Corelli rocketed to remarkable literary fame in the late nineteenth century, largely on the strength of her irresistibly action-packed plots. Vendetta is no exception. Readers will instantly be drawn in to this tale, which begins with a family tragedy and soon shifts course into a story of satisfying revenge.

A Romance of Two Worlds was Marie Corelli's first novel, published in 1886. It referenced the contemporary debate between creationism and evolution, as well as supernatural themes, overlaid with elements of science fiction. The book was an immediate success, well beyond expectations. A Romance of...

British novelist of fantastic and occult fiction. She enjoyed a period of great literary success from the publication of her first novel in 1886 until World War I, outselling her popular contemporaries, including Arthur Conan Doyle, H. G. Wells, and Rudyard Kipling.

London,—and a night in June. London, swart and grim, semi–shrouded in a warm close mist of mingled human breath and acrid vapour steaming up from the clammy crowded streets,—London, with a million twinkling lights gleaming sharp upon its native blackness, and looking, to a dreamer's eye, like...

In a marked divergence from her earlier, typically fantastically imaginative works, Marie Corelli remains true to her subtitle in the novel God's Good Man: A Simple Love Story. The plot revolves around a humble clergyman who is more than content with his lot in life -- until his fate is unexpectedly intertwined with a fetching young woman from America.

British novelist of fantastic and occult fiction. She enjoyed a period of great literary success from the publication of her first novel in 1886 until World War I, outselling her popular contemporaries, including Arthur Conan Doyle, H. G. Wells, and Rudyard Kipling.

This wildly popular romance from British writer Marie Corelli begins as a classic fish-out-of-water story. The eponymous heroine Thelma, an innocent Norwegian girl, is plucked by a suitor from her family and inserted into the upper echelons of British high society. Will she retain her purity of heart, or will she give in to the debasement that encompasses her?

This touching and thought-provoking romance from British novelist Marie Corelli was a blockbuster bestseller, with a record-breaking 100,000 copies sold in a single day. Millionaire David Helmsley decides he's had enough of the trappings of his cushy existence and disappears, assuming the identity of...

A romance and mystery by Marie Corelli.  She uses a unique writing style that shows a keen observation into the minds of the readers.