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Ethel May Dell Savage (2 August 1881 - 17 September 1939), known by her pen name, Ethel M. Dell, was a British writer of over 30 popular romance novels and several short stories from 1911 to 1939. Dell was born on 2 August 1881 to a middle class family in Streatham, a suburb of London, England. Her father was a clerk in the City of London and she had an older sister and brother. Dell began to write stories while very young and many of them were published in popular magazines. Her stories were mainly romantic in nature, set in the British Raj and other old British colonial possessions. Her…mehr

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Ethel May Dell Savage (2 August 1881 - 17 September 1939), known by her pen name, Ethel M. Dell, was a British writer of over 30 popular romance novels and several short stories from 1911 to 1939. Dell was born on 2 August 1881 to a middle class family in Streatham, a suburb of London, England. Her father was a clerk in the City of London and she had an older sister and brother. Dell began to write stories while very young and many of them were published in popular magazines. Her stories were mainly romantic in nature, set in the British Raj and other old British colonial possessions. Her stories were considered by some to be overly sexual. Her cousins were known to tally the number of times she used the words passion, tremble, pant and thrill.
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Ethel M. Dell (1881-1939) was an English romantic fiction writer whose literary career began to shine with her first novel, 'The Way of an Eagle' (1912), which became an instant bestseller. Born Ethel May Dell in Streatham, a suburb of London, she was the elder daughter of a wealthy family. Dell's literary style was characterized by her intense emotional narratives, which often featured exotic settings and impassioned love stories that appealed to a wide readership, especially among women, during the early 20th century. Despite criticism from some literary circles for being overly sentimental, Dell's works resonated with her audience, leading to remarkable commercial success. Dell published over thirty novels, and although 'The Way of an Eagle' is perhaps the most well-known, her other works like 'The Knave of Diamonds' and 'The Rocks of Valpré' also contributed significantly to her popularity. Preceding the era of mass-market paperbacks, her books were widely circulated in hardcover, attesting to their popularity and the demand among readers for romantic escapism intertwined with adventurous plots. Dell's novels have been noted for their ability to transport readers beyond the confines of their everyday lives into realms of dramatic passion and heart-wrenching dilemmas. Despite the evolution of literary tastes, Ethel M. Dell's contributions to the genre of romantic fiction remain a testament to the power of storytelling to capture the human imagination.