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Foxcroft Davis
1860–1916
Best known as the pen name behind The Whirl and Mrs. Darrell, this American novelist wrote lively fiction steeped in Washington society and the manners of her time. She also published under other names, giving her work a wider literary reach than a single byline suggests.
2 Audiobooks
The Whirl: A Romance of Washington Society
by Foxcroft Davis
Mrs. Darrell
by Foxcroft Davis
About the author
Molly Elliot Seawell was an American writer whose work also appeared under the pen names Foxcroft Davis and Vera Sapoukhyn. Born in Virginia in 1860 and later associated with Washington, D.C., she built a wide-ranging career that included fiction, historical writing, and stories with a strong sense of social setting.
Under the name Foxcroft Davis, she is especially linked with novels such as The Whirl: A Romance of Washington Society and Mrs. Darrell. Those books reflect an interest in relationships, status, and the rhythms of public life, making the name Foxcroft Davis a memorable one for readers of early twentieth-century popular fiction.
Beyond that pseudonym, Seawell was known for writing across genres, including history and other narrative prose. Her career shows the versatility of a writer who could move between society fiction and more serious historical subjects while maintaining a clear, readable style.