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| Born | 1864 (1864) Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | March 15, 1909(1909-03-15) (aged 44–45) Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
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Elinor Macartney Lane (1864 – March 15, 1909) was an American novelist who was popular in the first decade of the 1900s. After publishing a number of short stories, she wrote three novels:Mills of God (1901),[1]Nancy Stair (1904),[2] andKatrine (1909).[3][4]
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Born in Maryland, she later moved to Washington, where she attended high school andnormal school, from which she graduated in 1882. She then taught in the public schools, specializing in mathematics. She married educator Francis Ransom Lane in 1891. She started writing at age 16, when she also started an occasionally published magazine calledThe Trifler. Her first novelMills of God was published in 1901.[5][6]
Although it did not reachThe Bookman 's Top 10 bestselling books list for the whole year of 1904,Nancy Stair was a best-selling book and received well by critics.[7][8] It was adapted for the stage in 1905 byPaul M. Potter, who was best known for his hit playTrilby, an adaptation of the very popular 1894 novel. It played on Broadway at theCriterion Theatre for a month in 1905, though it was not a success.[9] It was also adapted as a play by the AmericanCatherine Chisolm Cushing for performance in Los Angeles,[10] and New Zealand playwrightViolet Targuse.
Lane's last novel,Katrine, was released almost coincident with her death in March 1909. It was thesecond-best selling novel in the United States for 1909.
After returning home from a trip to Europe, Lane died inLynchburg, Virginia on March 15, 1909, while travelling toAsheville, North Carolina to recuperate from illness. Her home was at that time inPort Deposit, Maryland, where her husband was director of theTome School.[11][12] According to a report in theBook News Monthly after her death, she had been ill for some years and her death was not wholly unexpected. She reportedly had to write in an "absolutely dark room, with her head tightly bandaged, her writing managed only by a careful guiding of her pencil over the paper."[13][14][15]
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