A Girl of the Klondike (Esprios Classics) - Cross, Victoria
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Annie Sophie Cory (1 October 1868 - 2 August 1952) was a British author of popular, racy, exotic New Woman novels under the pseudonyms Victoria Cross(e), Vivian Cory and V. C. Griffin. Annie Sophie's most established pseudonym was Victoria Cross. According to The Bookman, she chose this pseudonym, "because her initials are V. C. and she is the descendent of a V. C." (Victoria Cross medal recipient).She had her first piece, Theodora, a Fragment, published in The Yellow Book in 1895. In the same year she wrote The Woman Who Didn't, a response to Grant Allen's book The Woman Who Did. Anna Lombard…mehr

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Annie Sophie Cory (1 October 1868 - 2 August 1952) was a British author of popular, racy, exotic New Woman novels under the pseudonyms Victoria Cross(e), Vivian Cory and V. C. Griffin. Annie Sophie's most established pseudonym was Victoria Cross. According to The Bookman, she chose this pseudonym, "because her initials are V. C. and she is the descendent of a V. C." (Victoria Cross medal recipient).She had her first piece, Theodora, a Fragment, published in The Yellow Book in 1895. In the same year she wrote The Woman Who Didn't, a response to Grant Allen's book The Woman Who Did. Anna Lombard (1901) was her most successful novel, in which a woman convinces her husband to allow her to continue an extra-marital affair with an Indian.
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Victoria Cross was the pen name of Annie Sophie Cory (1868-1952), a bold and unconventional British author who challenged Victorian moral norms with her provocative and emotionally intense fiction. Writing during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Cross was a prominent figure in the "New Woman" literary movement, which championed female independence, sexual autonomy, and resistance to patriarchal constraints. Educated in Europe and widely traveled, Cross infused her works with a cosmopolitan spirit and often set her stories in exotic or colonial locales. Her novels frequently featured strong, passionate women navigating complex emotional and social terrains-unafraid to defy societal expectations in pursuit of love, truth, or self-expression. Her best-known works include Anna Lombard, Six Women, and Five Nights, all of which stirred public discourse with their exploration of taboo subjects such as interracial relationships, female desire, and gender roles. Though controversial in her time, Cross was praised for her courage and literary innovation, earning both a wide readership and critical attention. Victoria Cross remains a significant voice in feminist literary history, remembered for her daring themes and progressive outlook on womanhood, identity, and freedom.