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Mrs. W. K. Clifford
d. 1929
A prolific late-Victorian and early-20th-century writer, she published novels, short stories, essays, plays, and even cinema scenarios. Her work is often remembered for its emotional depth and for the way it brought domestic life, loss, and the supernatural into vivid focus.
2 Audiobooks
Very Short Stories and Verses For Children
by Mrs. W. K. Clifford
Margaret Vincent: A Novel
by Mrs. W. K. Clifford
About the author
Born Sophia Lucy Jane Lane, Lucy Clifford wrote under the name Mrs. W. K. Clifford and built a remarkably varied literary career. She produced fiction, essays, reviews, and drama, and some of her work also appeared anonymously or under initials.
She is especially associated with ghost stories and with fiction that explored family life, grief, and the pressures placed on women and children. Beyond her writing, she moved in notable literary circles and was remembered for friendships with figures including George Eliot, Henry James, and Rudyard Kipling.
Her long career stretched into the early days of film, when she also wrote cinema scenarios. She died in 1929, leaving behind a body of work that shows both popular storytelling skill and a sharp eye for the emotional undercurrents of everyday life.