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Mrs. Douglas Pulleyne

An early 20th-century novelist published by Chapman and Hall, she wrote fiction with a sharp interest in love, manners, and the hidden pressures of social life. Her surviving work suggests a writer drawn to emotional conflict and the small revealing details of everyday conversation.

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The frantic master

The frantic master

by Mrs. Douglas Pulleyne

About the author

Little firm biographical information is easy to confirm about this author, but contemporary book records show that Mrs. Douglas Pulleyne published at least two novels: Spring Sorrel in 1926 and The Frantic Master in 1927. The Frantic Master was originally published in London by Chapman and Hall and has since been digitized by Project Gutenberg.

Her fiction appears to be rooted in character and psychology rather than spectacle. The Frantic Master follows a man caught in unreturned love and social unease, while the author's note links parts of the book to real experiences and references to Car Nicobar and the Andamans, suggesting she drew on observed people, places, and conversations.

Because reliable biographical sources are scarce, much about her life remains uncertain. What can be said is that her work belongs to the interwar British literary world and shows an interest in relationships, social expectations, and the inner strain beneath polite surfaces.