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M. G. (Mary Greenway) McClelland
1853–1895
A popular American novelist of the late 1800s, she wrote romantic and dramatic fiction under the name M. G. McClelland. Her books and magazine work found a wide readership, even though her life was cut short at just 41.
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Princess
by M. G. (Mary Greenway) McClelland
About the author
Mary Greenway McClelland was born in Virginia in 1853 and wrote under the name M. G. McClelland. She is remembered as an American novelist whose work appeared during the busy literary world of the late nineteenth century.
She published numerous novels and also contributed stories and poems to magazines. Her fiction often centered on romance, emotion, and social drama, helping her build a strong readership in her own time.
McClelland died in 1895, only a few days before her forty-second birthday. Though she is less widely known now than some of her contemporaries, her work remains part of the rich tradition of nineteenth-century American popular fiction.