Elizabeth Louisa Moresby

Elizabeth Louisa Moresby (1862 - 3 January, 1931), was a British novelist that was to became the first prolific, female fantasy writer of Canada. The daughter of the Royal Navy Captain John MoresbyFact|the original article had no sources, biographical in particular|date=July 2008, Elizabeth Louisa Moresby lived and traveled widely in the East, in Egypt, India, China, Tibet and Japan but settled eventually in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada in 1919Fact|the original article had no sources, biographical in particular|date=July 2008.

Moresby was already sixty years old by the time she started writing her novels, which commonly had an oriental setting, and then became a prolific author. She wrote under various pseudonyms, depending on the genre. As Louis Moresby, she wrote nonfiction, including a history of Egypt. As E. Barrington, she wrote historical romances, including a tale of Napoleon and Josephine (1927). As Lily Adams Beck, she wrote stories set in Asia and influenced by Oriental philosophy and religion. She was also known as Elizabeth Louisa Beck, Eliza Louisa Moresby Beck and Lily Moresby Adams. She was a staunch Buddhist and strict vegetarian, highly critical of the materialism of the West. [http://www.historyforsale.com/html/prodetails.asp?documentid=18362&start=1&page=2627 History For Sale] , brief but seemingly good biography of Lily Adams Beck.]

According to historian Charles Lillard, she was also a distinguished writer of esoteric works such as Citation
year=1928?
title=The Story of Oriental Philosophy
place =New York
publisher =Cosmopolitan Book Co. (reprinted by The New Horne Library, 1943) and Citation
year=1926
title=The Splendor of Asia, which attempted to interpret the life and teachings of Buddha. Her romance entitled Citation
year=1927
title=The House of Fulfillment: The Romance of a Soul, incorporates some of the Indian philosophy of the Upanishads to explain supernatural phenomenae. She began her career by publishing stories in The Atlantic Monthly, Asia, and the Japanese Gassho. These were gathered into a popular collection in 1926. [http://www.abcbookworld.com/view_author.php?id=7186 BC BookWorld] , a site dedicated to provide information about authors and books pertaining to British Columbia.]

Now sometimes associated with the rise of Theosophy, Lily Adams Beck continued to write her fantastical novels of faraway places until her death in 1931, in Kyoto, JapanFact|the original article had no sources, biographical in particular|date=July 2008. She wrote most of her 30-odd books in Victoria in less than ten years.

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year=1922
title=The Ninth Vibration and Other Stories
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last=Lily Adams Beck
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year=1922
title=Dreams and Delights
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last=Lily Adams Beck
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year=1922
title=The Key of Dreams
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last=E. Barrington
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year=1922
title=The Ladies
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last=Lily Adams Beck
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year=1923
title=The Perfume of the Rainbow
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last=E. Barrington
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year=1923
title=The Chaste Diana
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last=Lily Adams Beck
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year=1923
title=The Treasure of Ho, A Romance
place =London
publisher =Collins
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last=E. Barrington
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year=1924
title=The Divine Lady
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last=E. Barrington
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year=1924
title=The Gallants
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last=Lily Adams Beck
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year=1925
title=The Ways of the Stars, A Romance of Reincarnation
place =New York
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last=E. Barrington
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year=1925
title=Glorious Apollo
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last=Lily Adams Beck
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year=1926
title=The Splendour of Asia
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last=E. Barrington
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year=1926
title=The Exquisite Perdita
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last=L. Moresby
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year=1926
title=The Glory of Egypt
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last=E. Barrington
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year=1927
title=The Thunderer. A Romance of Napoleon and Josephine
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last=E. Barrington(?)Fact|also cited as written by 'Eliza Louisa Beck'|date=July 2008
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year=1927
title=The House of Fulfillment. The Romance of a Soul
place =London
publisher =T. Fisher Unwin
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last=Lily Adams Beck
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year=1927
title=Way of Power: Studies in the Occult
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last=E. Barrington
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year=1928
title=The Empress of Hearts
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last=E. Barrington
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year=1928
title=Captain Java
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last=Lily Adams Beck
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year=1928?
title=The Story of Oriental Philosophy
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isbn =. This book can sometimes be found catalogued as published in year 1923. See, for instance, the Catalogue of the British Library [http://catalogue.bl.uk/F/P6PEILDIAVVVTBRGUT5HCXLGNGAHLK71SQC6JI7CQE73UGN154-03089?func=full-set-set&set_number=000228&set_entry=000002&format=999 entry] .
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last=E. Barrington(?)Fact|previous versions of this article ALSO classified this book as written by 'Eliza Louisa Beck'|date=July 2008
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year=1929
title=The Laughing Queen. A Romance of Cleopatra.
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last=Lily Adams Beck
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year=1929
title=The Garden of Vision
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last=Lily Adams Beck
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year=1930
title=The Openers of the Gate, Stories of the Occult
place =New York
publisher =Cosmopolitan Book Co.
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isbn =. It includes "The Openers of the Gate", "Lord Killary", "How Felicity Came Home", "Waste Manor", "The Mystery of Iniquity", "Many Waters Cannot Quench Love", "The Horoscope", "The Thug", "Hell", "The Man Who Saw".
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last=L. Moresby
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year=1930
title=Duel of the Queens
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last=L. Moresby
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year=1931
title=The Irish Beauties
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last=L. Moresby
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year=1931
title=The Joyous Story of Astrid
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last=L. Moresby
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year=1932
title=Anne Boleyn
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last=L. Moresby
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year=1932
title=The Great Romantic
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External links

*Gutenberg author|id=Lily_Moresby_Adams_Beck|name=Lily Moresby Adams Beck
* [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=lily%20adams%20beck Books by Lily Adams Beck at Internet Archive]