Lucas Cleeve
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Lucas Cleeve was a novelist born in England, the author of over sixty works including The Woman Who Wouldn't in 1895. Most of her novels were published under the pseudonym of Mrs Howard Kingscote.
, a titled minister of the English government. She is recorded in Who's Who
as a traveller and linguist. Her name is noted after her marriage as Adeline Georgina Isabella Kingscote, or Mrs Howard Kingscote.
The author of many novels, she also compiled a book of Indian folklore, a work entitled The English Baby in India and How to Rear it, but the most famous novel was a response to Grant Allen's The Woman Who Did
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Cleeve's first edition of The Woman Who Wouldn't (1895) sold well and received hostile reviews, she said of this,
Her life ended in Switzerland.
Life
Cleeve was the only daughter of Henry Drummond WolffHenry Drummond Wolff
Sir Henry Drummond-Wolff GCB, GCMG, PC was an English diplomat and Conservative Party politician, who started as a clerk in the Foreign Office.-Background:Wolff was the son of Georgiana Mary and Joseph Wolff...
, a titled minister of the English government. She is recorded in Who's Who
Who's Who
Who's Who is the title of a number of reference publications, generally containing concise biographical information on a particular group of people...
as a traveller and linguist. Her name is noted after her marriage as Adeline Georgina Isabella Kingscote, or Mrs Howard Kingscote.
The author of many novels, she also compiled a book of Indian folklore, a work entitled The English Baby in India and How to Rear it, but the most famous novel was a response to Grant Allen's The Woman Who Did
The Woman Who Did
The Woman Who Did is a novel by Grant Allen about a young, self-assured middle-class woman who defies convention as a matter of principle and who is fully prepared to suffer the consequences of her actions. It was first published in London by John Lane in a series intended to promote the ideal of...
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Cleeve's first edition of The Woman Who Wouldn't (1895) sold well and received hostile reviews, she said of this,
"If one young girl is kept from a loveless, mistaken marriage, if one frivilous nature is checked in her career of flirtation by remembrance of Lady Morris, I shall perhaps be forgiven by the public for raising my feeble voice in anser to theThe Woman Who Did,"
Her life ended in Switzerland.