Author: Constance Howell
Author: Constance Howell (1842–1924)
Biography: Constance Mary Howell was born on 11 October 1842 in Bath, the daughter of surgeon John Warren Howell and his wife Elizabeth Augusta Sloper. Her father died of consumption two years after her birth leaving the family destitute. A memorial pamphlet served as means of support for the family, selling over 13,000 copies. Thereafter she cannot be traced. In the intervening years, her brother joined the Indian civil service and Howell herself contributed to the socialist press and wrote books advocating socialism. In addition, she wrote several novels beginning with Daisy and the Earl (1877). Her next novel A More Excellent Way (1888) more directly espouses her socialist views. By 1901, Howell lived in Tunbridge Wells. Her last years were spent in Hampshire nursing homes. She died on 27 November 1924 in Boscombe.
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References: British Census (1901, 1911, 1921); Hubin; Probate
Fiction Titles:
- Daisy and the Earl: A Novel. 1 vol. London: Samuel Tinsley, 1877.
- A More Excellent Way: In Two Books. 1 vol. London: Swan Sonnenschein, 1888.
- Many Days After: A Novel. 1 vol. London: Digby, Long, 1900.