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Mary C. E. Wemyss
1868–1951
A witty English novelist of domestic fiction, she is best remembered for light, observant stories about family life and social manners. Her books, including The Professional Aunt and Oranges and Lemons, have kept a small but lasting readership through reprints and digital editions.
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Oranges and lemons
by Mary C. E. Wemyss
The Professional Aunt
by Mary C. E. Wemyss
About the author
Born Mary Constance Elphinstone Lutyens in Kensington on January 14, 1868, she later became Mary Constance Elphinstone Wemyss and published under the name Mrs George Wemyss. She was an English novelist, and available reference sources identify her as the daughter of Captain Charles Henry Augustus Lutyens and Mary Theresa Gallwey.
Her fiction is mainly associated with domestic life, relationships, and the small comedies of everyday society. Two of her best-known books are The Professional Aunt and Oranges and Lemons, both of which continued to circulate long after their first publication and are now listed by major public-domain libraries.
She died in Kensington on March 15, 1951. While she is not as widely known today as some of her contemporaries, her work still appeals to readers who enjoy warm, lightly humorous early twentieth-century fiction.