author
Elisa Armstrong Bengough
d. 1929
A witty American novelist from the turn of the twentieth century, she is best remembered for stories that mix social comedy with sharp observations about women’s lives. Her work has survived through public-domain editions and audiobook recordings, keeping her voice surprisingly fresh.
1 Audiobook
The Teacup Club
by Elisa Armstrong Bengough
About the author
Elisa Armstrong Bengough was an American novelist active around the turn of the twentieth century. Sources connected with LibriVox and biographical reference material place her origins in Frederick County, Maryland, and identify her as the wife of artist William Bengough.
Her known books include The Teacup Club (1897), The Very Young Man and the Angel Child (1900), and The Talk of the Town (1902). The Teacup Club, the work most easily available today, began in part as material that had appeared in The New York Journal, and it shows the lively, humorous style she was noted for.
She died in 1929. Reliable search results confirm her continuing presence in library and public-domain catalogs, but I could not confirm a clear portrait photograph from trustworthy page images, so no profile image is included here.