Collecting all her works would be a real challenge. The largest collection of her books is at Cornell University, with about 185 titles. Always active in women’s issues, she joined and remained active in theįeminist Pioneer Club. (previously titled Every Girl's Annual), 1887-93. She also co-edited Atalanta, a magazine for girls However, she also experimented with a variety of other genres, including sentimental and evangelical stories, historical novels,Īdventure stories, romances, sensational stories and detective fiction. Meade was best known for her novels of girl adventure, especially her stories of girls at school, of which she wrote over 30. She married Alfred Toulmin Smith in September 1879. Upon the death of her mother, her father remarriedĪnd Meade moved to London where she prepared herself for her writing career by studying in the Reading Room of the British Museum. She developed an early ambition to write, a prospect which horrified her father. Elizabeth Thomasina Meade was born in County Cork, Ireland in 1844, and was the eldest daughter of a Protestant clergyman. Wrote over 280 books, as well as short stories and articles for magazines such as The Strand Magazine and Lady's Pictorial.ĭuring her most productive period, she published more than ten novels a year. Meade (Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith) was a prolific writer of novels for girls and women.
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