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Mary Elizabeth Carter
1853–1935
A little-known Victorian writer, she moved between domestic fiction and practical books on household life. Her work offers a glimpse of late 19th- and early 20th-century English tastes, manners, and home management.
1 Audiobook
Mrs. Severn: A Novel, Vol. 1 (of 3)
by Mary Elizabeth Carter
About the author
Mary Elizabeth Carter was an English writer from Masham, Yorkshire, remembered for both fiction and nonfiction. Reliable library and research sources agree that she wrote novels as well as books about running a household, and she has also been listed under the married name Stevenson.
Sources consulted during this search do not fully agree on her life dates: one research database lists her as 1853–1935, while other catalog-style sources describe an author of the same name born in August 1852 and dying on June 6, 1928. Because of that conflict, it is safest to say that she was active in the late Victorian and Edwardian period and wrote about domestic life in more than one form.
Her known work includes domestic romances published for Victorian readers, along with practical titles such as Millionaire Households and Their Domestic Economy, with Hints Upon Fine Living and House and Home. No clearly verified portrait image was found on the pages checked for this request.