author
Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
1819–1899
One of the biggest bestselling novelists of 19th-century America, she wrote page-turning stories full of mystery, melodrama, and bold heroines who refused to stay quietly in the background. Her novels reached huge audiences in the United States and Europe for decades.
32 Audiobooks
Ishmael; Or, In the Depths
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Self-Raised; Or, From the Depths
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Capitola's Peril A Sequel to 'The Hidden Hand'
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Love's labor won
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
For Woman's Love
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
The curse of Clifton : or, the widowed bride
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Gloria : A novel
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Hidden Hand
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
For whose sake? A sequel to "Why did he wed her?"
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
How he won her
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
The changed brides
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
The discarded daughter; or, The children of the isle
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Dorothy Harcourt's secret : Sequel to "A deed without a name"
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
The bride's fate The sequel to "The changed brides"
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Lilith : A novel
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
India : the pearl of Pearl River
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Love's bitterest cup
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Allworth Abbey
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
The Lost Lady of Lone
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave"
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Cruel as the grave
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
The Haunted Homestead: A Novel
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
The Missing Bride
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Capitola the Madcap
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Her mother's secret
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Em's husband : A sequel to "Em"
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
The Lady of the Isle : or, the Island Princess
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Fair play : a novel
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
The deserted wife
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Brandon Coyle's wife : a sequel to "A skeleton in the closet"
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
When shadows die
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
About the author
Born in Washington, D.C., on December 26, 1819, she became one of the most widely read American novelists of her era. After her husband left the family, she supported herself and her children by teaching and then by writing, turning personal hardship into an unusually successful literary career.
Publishing as Mrs. E.D.E.N. Southworth, she produced more than 60 novels, many of them first appearing as serials in newspapers before coming out as books. Her fiction mixed domestic life with suspense, romance, disguise, crime, and adventure, which helped make her enormously popular with readers on both sides of the Atlantic.
She died in Washington, D.C., on June 30, 1899. Today she is remembered not just for her popularity, but for heroines who often showed wit, independence, and a rebellious streak that still makes her work feel lively.