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Georgiana M. (Georgiana Marion) Craik
1831–1895
A prolific Victorian novelist, she wrote stories for young women and younger readers alike, blending domestic drama with a keen eye for character. Her career began in the world of Charles Dickens’s Household Words and grew into decades of steady, successful publishing.
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Bow-Wow and Mew-Mew
by Georgiana M. (Georgiana Marion) Craik
About the author
Born in Old Brompton, London, in April 1831, Georgiana Marion Craik was the daughter of George Lillie Craik and Jeanette Dempster. She began publishing as early as 1851, contributing to Household Words, and her first novel, Riverston, appeared in 1857.
Craik went on to build a notably productive career, publishing many novels as well as books for younger readers. Her fiction was often aimed at young women, and titles such as Lost and Won, Sylvia's Choice, A Daughter of the People, and Patience Holt show the range and durability of her work across the second half of the nineteenth century.
In 1886 she married the artist Allan Walter May. She died on November 1, 1895, at St Leonards-on-Sea, leaving behind a substantial body of Victorian fiction that is still of interest to readers exploring nineteenth-century popular and domestic writing.