- Marie Corelli
Marie Corelli was a very popular author in the late nineteenth century England. Certainly no one felt greater social responsibility than she. Her thought provoking theosophical ghost tales are still beloved today- by those of us who are into such things.The first trick to being 'into such things' is knowing they exist. Marie Corelli's works typically fall squarely into the 'rare' and 'out of print' category.
If you don't know who Marie Corelli is, and, of course, I am insisting that if you love Victorian supernatural fiction you most certainly should investigate her, visit:
http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/corelli/salmonson1.html
That link brings you to an essay on Marie. If you're in the mood for a present day haunted bookshop which is odd and interesting, visit: http://www.violetbooks.com/ .
If it's late in the evening, and you just want a wee tale to wend away the midnight hours, visit:
http://www.classicreader.com/read.php/bookid.2980/sec./ 'The Hired Baby' is one of Marie Corelli's short stories.
