author
Lilian Bell
1867–1929
A witty, popular American novelist and travel writer, she built her reputation on lively stories about relationships, society, and modern womanhood. Her books mix humor and sharp observation, which helped make her a widely read magazine and book author in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
7 Audiobooks
As Seen By Me
by Lilian Bell
From a Girl's Point of View
by Lilian Bell
The Love Affairs of an Old Maid
by Lilian Bell
Abroad with the Jimmies
by Lilian Bell
Carolina Lee
by Lilian Bell
At Home with the Jardines
by Lilian Bell
About the author
Born in Chicago in 1867 and raised in Atlanta, Lilian Bell became known as an American novelist and travel writer. She also wrote under the name Mrs. Arthur Hoyt Bogue, and her work ranged from fiction to essays and travel pieces.
She first won wide attention with The Love Affairs of an Old Maid in 1893. Over the years she published many books, including The Under Side of Things, Hope Loring, At Home with the Jardines, and Abroad with the Jimmies, often writing with humor about courtship, social expectations, and everyday life.
Bell died in 1929, but her work still offers a vivid glimpse of popular American reading at the turn of the century. For listeners interested in overlooked women writers, she stands out as an engaging voice whose fiction is smart, conversational, and often gently satirical.