Lucy Clifford

Lucy Clifford (2 August 1846 - 21 April 1929), better known as Mrs. W. K. Clifford, was a British novelist and journalist, the wife of William Kingdon Clifford.

Biography

Lucy Clifford was born Lucy Lane in London [cite book | author = Chisholm, M. | title = Such Silver Currents | year = 2002 | publisher = The Lutterworth Press | location = Cambridge | pages = 8 | isbn = 0-7188-3017-2] , the daughter of John Lane of Barbados. She married the mathematician and philosopher William Kingdon Clifford in 1875. After his death in 1879, she earned a prominent place in English literary life as a novelist, and later as a dramatist. Her best-known story, "Mrs Keith's Crime" (1885), was followed by several other volumes, such as "Aunt Anne" (1892). She also wrote "The Last Touches and Other Stories" (1892) and "Mere Stories " (1896); and a play, "A Woman Alone" (1898). She is perhaps most often remembered, however, as the author of "The Anyhow Stories, Moral and Otherwise" (1882), a collection of stories written for her children.

Lucy Clifford also wrote cinematic adaptations of her short stories and plays. At least two films were produced from her adaptations: "The Likeness of the Night" (1922), directed by Percy Nash, and "Eve's Lover" (1925), directed by Roy Del Ruth.

She had a wide circle of literary friends, amongst them Henry James. Her daughter Ethel Clifford (d. 1959), later Lady Dilke, having married Sir Fisher Wentworth Dilke, 4th Baronet (1877-1944) in 1905, was a published poet.

Lucy Lane Clifford died in 1929, and was buried with her husband in Highgate Cemetery in London.

Selected writings

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References

External links

* [http://www.williamandlucyclifford.com/ William and Lucy Clifford]
* [http://www.lutterworth.com/lp/titles/suchsilv.htm Biography of Lucy Clifford] by Monty Chisholm