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Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
1819–1899
A bestselling 19th-century novelist, E. D. E. N. Southworth became known for spirited heroines who meet hardship with wit, courage, and rebellion. Her most famous novel, The Hidden Hand, made her one of the era’s most widely read American writers.
33 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
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
The curse of Clifton : or, the widowed bride
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
For whose sake? A sequel to "Why did he wed her?"
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
For Woman's Love
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Hidden hand
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Love's labor won
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Gloria : A novel
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
Dorothy Harcourt's secret : Sequel to "A deed without a name"
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
The discarded daughter; or, The children of the isle
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
The bride's fate The sequel to "The changed brides"
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Love's bitterest cup
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Allworth Abbey
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
India : the pearl of Pearl River
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
The Missing Bride
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
Lilith : A novel
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Her mother's secret
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Capitola the madcap
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
The deserted wife
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Em's husband : A sequel to "Em"
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Fair play : a novel
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
The Lady of the Isle : or, the Island Princess
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
The fatal marriage : or, Orville Deville
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
When shadows die
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Brandon Coyle's wife : a sequel to "A skeleton in the closet"
by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
About the author
Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth was born in Washington, D.C., on December 26, 1819. After her father’s death, she was educated at the school run by her stepfather, Joshua L. Henshaw. Her childhood explorations of Maryland’s Tidewater region later inspired her interest in local history and folklore.
Southworth married Frederick Hamilton Southworth in 1841 and moved with him to Wisconsin. She eventually returned to the Washington area, where she built a long and successful writing career. Over the course of her life, she published more than 60 novels, many featuring independent heroines who challenged conventional ideas about women’s roles.
Her best-known work, The Hidden Hand (1859), became a popular favorite, while Southworth considered Ishmael (1876) her own finest novel. She died in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., on June 30, 1899.