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Mrs. Douglas Pulleyne
A little-known early 20th-century novelist, she wrote fiction that moved through emotion, social expectations, and the pressures of modern life. Her surviving work suggests a writer drawn to restless characters and complicated relationships.
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The frantic master
by Mrs. Douglas Pulleyne
About the author
Very little biographical information about Mrs. Douglas Pulleyne could be confirmed from reliable online sources during this search, and that scarcity is part of what makes her intriguing today. She is remembered chiefly through her novels rather than through a well-documented public life.
Her first novel, Spring Sorrel, was published in 1926, and The Frantic Master followed afterward. The Frantic Master, now preserved by Project Gutenberg, points to a style interested in psychology, romance, and the tension between personal desire and social convention.
Because so few trustworthy biographical details were available, it is safest to see her as one of the many once-published authors whose books outlasted the records of their lives. For modern readers, that gives her fiction a special kind of appeal: the work has to speak for itself.