Sarah Elizabeth Forbush Downs

Sarah Elizabeth Forbush Downs
Born	1843 Wrentham, MA
Died	1926
Other names	Mrs. Georgie Sheldon Mrs. George Sheldon Downs

Sarah Elizabeth Forbush Downs (1843–1926) was a "dime novelist" who wrote novels under her own name, as "Mrs. Georgie Sheldon", and as "Mrs. George Sheldon Downs.

Downs was born 5 June 1843 in Wrentham, Massachusetts. Her parents were Edwin A. Forbush and Malvina F. (Ware) Forbush. She received her education at the Ladies' Collegiate Institute, Worcester, MA. In 1868 she married George Sheldon Downs.^[1] She used a form of his name as a pseudonym in much of her writing.

Her career began with newspaper contributions in 1869.^[1] As can be seen by the sheer number of books she wrote, Downs was a very popular author in her era. She was signed by Theodore Dreiser to write for his Smith's Magazine, Dreiser considering her one of the "three most popular authors in the world."^[2]

Works

• Lost – a Pearl (1883)
• Vergie’s Inheritance (1887)
• Geoffrey’s Victory; or, The Double Deception (1888)
• For Love and Honor (1888)
• His Heart’s Queen (1890)
• Mona (1891)
• True Love’s Reward (1891)
• The Wellfleet mystery (1891)
• Nameless Dell (1891)
• How will it end; sequel to Marguerite's heritage (1892)
• A shadowed happiness; a sequel to Wild Oats (1892)
• Earle Wayne’s Nobility (1892)
• Her Heart’s Victory (1892)
• Wedded by Fate; or, Sister Angela (1892)
• Wild Oats; or, Rising to Honor (1892)
• Max, A Cradle Mystery (1892)
• Edrie’s Legacy (1892)
• Marguerite’s heritage; or, love after marriage (1892)
• Trixy; or, The Shadow of a Crime (1893)
• Dorothy’s jewels; or, the mysterious monagram (1894)
• The Masked Bridal (1894)
• That Dowdy of a Girl; or, the story of Gertrude Wynn’s fortunes (1896)
• Witch Hazel (1896)
• Audrey’s Recompense (1896)
• Ingomar; or, the triumph of love (1896)
• Little Miss Whirlwind; or, lost for twenty years (1896)
• The Forsaken Bride (1896)
• Ruby’s reward (1896)
• A mysterious wedding; or, down love’s steep hill (1897)
• Two keys; or, Margaret Houghton’s heroism (1897)
• Tina, The Little Lace Maker of Brussels (1898)
• Thrice Wedded but only once a wife (1898)
• Dorothy Arnold’s Escape (1898)
• Stella, the story of her trials and fortunes (1898)
• Faithful Shirley; or, A Royal Queen of Hearts (1899)
• Her faith rewarded; a sequel to Faithful Shirley (1899)
• A Thorn Among Roses (1899)
• Queen Bess; or, A Struggle for a Name (1899)
• Grazia’s Mistake (1899)
• The Magic Cameo, A Love Story (1899)
• A girl in a thousand; or, Imogen’s Intrigue (1899)
• Love’s Conquest (1900)
• The Lily of Mordaunt (1901)
• The little Marplot; or, how Ruth won her heritage (1902)
• Sibyl’s influence; or, the missing link (1902)
• Stella Rosevelt (1903)
• Katherine’s Sheaves (1904)
• Esther, the Fright; or, The Romance of a Pair of Rubies (1905)
• A heritage of love (1905)
• The golden key; or, a heart’s silent worship (1905)
• Step by Step, A Story of High Ideals (1906)
• Nora; or, The Missing Heir of Callonby (1907)
• The churchyard betrothal; or, Coals of fire (1907)
• Gertrude Eliot’s Crucible (1908)
• A True Aristocrat (1910)
• My Lady Beth, a romance (1910)
• John Hungerford’s redemption; or, a life’s romance (1911)
• Redeemed (1911)
• Brownie’s triumph
• Helen’s victory; or, Halliburton Lancaster’s temptation

References

1. ^ ^{a b} (ed.) Leonard, John W. (1908). Who's who in America; A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women in the United States; 1908-1909 (Vol. V). Chicago: A. N. Marquis & Company. pp. 529. http://books.google.com/books?id=eX0QOpl7iBQC&pg=PA529&lpg=PA529&dq=%22George+sheldon+Downs%22&source=bl&ots=W61rdKSwqL&sig=WGC3zmAB8YvzVD8g_3BIF1dDH8U&hl=en&ei=cwIyTYaGL4fQsAPaoISvBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBwQ6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q=%22George%20sheldon%20Downs%22&f=false. 
2. ^ Lingeman, Richard R. (1986). Theodore Dreiser: At the gates of the city, 1871-1907. Putnam. http://books.google.com/books?id=DXZaAAAAMAAJ&q=richard+r.+lingeman&dq=richard+r.+lingeman&hl=en&ei=hQI2TcHFEo_6sAOLs6WsBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAw. 

External links

• Works by Sarah Elizabeth Forbush Downs at Project Gutenberg

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Name	Downs, Sarah Elizabeth Forbush
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Date of birth	1843
Place of birth	Wrentham, MA
Date of death	1926
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