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Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
1819–1899
A bestselling 19th-century American novelist, she wrote fast-paced serial fiction packed with mystery, family drama, disguises, and daring heroines. Her stories reached a huge readership in their day and helped make her one of the most popular authors of the era.
26 Audiobooks
Hidden Hand
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Tried for Her Life
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Gloria : A novel
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Ishmael; Or, In the Depths
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Capitola's Peril
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
The Haunted Homestead: A Novel
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
For whose sake?
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
The Lost Lady of Lone
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Her mother's secret
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
The changed brides
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
The bride's fate
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
How he won her
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Cruel as the grave
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
For Woman's Love
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Victor's Triumph
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
The Missing Bride
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Lilith : A novel
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
The discarded daughter; or, The children of the isle
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
The curse of Clifton : or, the widowed bride
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
Dorothy Harcourt's secret : Sequel to "A deed without a name"
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Allworth Abbey
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Capitola the Madcap
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Love's labor won
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Self-Raised; Or, From the Depths
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
About the author
Born in Washington, D.C., in 1819, E. D. E. N. Southworth became one of the most widely read American novelists of the 19th century. She began publishing fiction in newspapers and magazines, then built a large audience through serialized novels that mixed romance, suspense, social conflict, and dramatic plot twists.
Southworth was especially known for energetic storytelling and memorable female characters who often pushed against the limits placed on women in her time. Many of her novels first appeared in serial form before being published as books, and her popularity lasted for decades.
She died in 1899, but her work still offers a lively window into popular American fiction of the 1800s. Readers often come to her for the sheer momentum of the storytelling as much as for the historical atmosphere.