Cecily Wilhelmine Ullmann Sidgwick (1854 – 10 August 1934) was a British novelist. She published 45 novels, mostly about the Jewish experience in England and Germany, under the names Mrs. Alfred Ullmann Sidgwick and Andrew Dean.
Cecily Sidgwick | |
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| Born | 1854  London |
| Died | 10 August 1934 (aged 79–80) St Buryan |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Spouse(s) | Alfred Sidgwick |
Cecily Wilhelmine Ullmann was born in 1854 in Islington, London to German-Jewish parents, David Ullmann and Wilhelmine Auguste Flaase Ullmann. In 1883, she married Alfred Sidgwick, logician and philosopher at Owens College in Manchester.[1]
Most of her novels dealt with the marriages of middle-class Jewish families, and she touched on subjects including anti-Semitism, interfaith marriage, and suicide.[1][2]
Cecily Sidgwick died on 10 August 1934 in St Buryan, Cornwall.[3]
Partial bibliography
edit- Caroline Schlegel. 1889.[1]
- Isaac Eller's Money. 1 vol. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1889.[4]
- A Splendid Cousin. 1 vol. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892.[4]
- Mrs. Finch-Brassey. 3 vol. London: Bentley, 1893.[4]
- Lesser's Daughter. 1 vol. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1894.[4]
- The Grasshoppers. 1 vol. London: A. and C. Black, 1895.[4]
- A Woman with a Future. 1 vol. London: A. and C. Black, 1896.[4]
- Cousin Ivo. 1 vol. London: A. and C. Black, 1899.[4]
- The Inner Shrine. 1 vol. London: Harper and Bros., 1900.[4]
- Cynthia's Way. 1 vol. London: Edward Arnold, 1901.[4]
- The Thousand Eugenias, and Other Stories. 1 vol. London: Edward Arnold, 1902.[4]
- Scenes of Jewish Life. 1904.[1]
- The Professor's Legacy. 1905.[5]
- The Kinsman. 1907.[5]
- Home Life in Germany. 1908.[1]
- The Severins. 1909.[5]
- (with Mrs. Paynter) The Children's Book of Gardening. 1909.[1]
- The Lantern Bearers. 1910.[5]
- Odd Come Shorts. 1911.[5]
- Anthea's Guest. 1911.[5]
- Lamorna. 1912.[5]
- Below Stairs. 1913.[1][5]
- In Other Days. 1915.[5]
- Mr. Broom and His Brother. 1915.[5]
- Salt and Savour. 1916.[5]
- Anne Lulworth. 1917.[5]
- Karen. 1918.[5]
- (with Crosbie Garstin) The Black Knight. 1920.[1][5]
- Law and Outlaw. 1921.[1]
- Victorian. 1922.[1][5]
- None-Go-By. 1923.[5]
- London Mixture. 1924.[5]
- Hummingbird. 1925.[5]
- Sack and Sugar. 1926.[5]
- The Bride's Prelude. 1927.[1][5]
- Come-By-Chance. 1928.[5]
- Six of Them. 1929.[5]
- Masquerade. 1930.[5]
- Storms and Teacups. 1931.[5]
- Maid and Minx. 1932.[1]
- Refugees. 1934.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l The Feminist companion to Literature in English : women writers from the Middle Ages to the present. London: Batsford. 1990. ISBN 978-0-7134-5848-0.
- ^ a b Sutherland, John (1989). The Stanford companion to Victorian fiction. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-1528-7.
- ^ "CECILY SIDGWICK, NOVELIST, 79, DIES; British Writer Published First Book in 1889, Latest, 'Maid and Minx,' in 1932. HUSBAND ALSO AN AUTHOR Issued Several Works on Logic -- Her List of Titles Includes Several of Non-Fiction. (Published 1934)". The New York Times. 1934-08-11. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Author: Cecily Sidgwick". At the Circulating Library A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x A. & C. Black Ltd. (1932). Who's who 1932. London: Black.
External links
edit- Works by Cecily Sidgwick at Faded Page (Canada)