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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: Elizabeth Georgina Elliott

Author: Elizabeth Georgina Elliott (1844–1929)

Alternate Name(s): E. G. E. (pseudonym)

Biography: Elizabeth Georgina Elliott was born in 1844 in Dublin, the eldest child of surgeon William Armstrong Elliott and his wife Jane Elizabeth Morgan. Her early life cannot be traced. In middle age, she wrote a handful of juvenile fiction titles, some with a temperance theme, under her initials. In her later years, she lived with her sisters in Dublin. She never married and died on 16 January 1926 in Dublin. Note: University of Florida makes this attribution.

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References: Irish Census (1901, 1926); Probate; Weekly Irish Times (26 January 1929)

Fiction Titles:

  1. Honest Owen and his Blind Sister.  1 vol.  London: S. P. C. K., 1873.
  2. Ethel Clemence: or, Home at the Laytons. A Story for Children.  1 vol.  Glasgow: John S. Marr and Sons, 1878.
  3. Madge and her Ten Recruits: A Temperance Tale.  1 vol.  Glasgow: John S. Marr and Sons, 1881.
  4. Mattie's Happy Home: or, Everyone Can Do Something.  1 vol.  Glasgow: John S. Marr and Sons, 1882.

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