Bright, Mary Golding (1857–1945)
Bright, Mary Golding (1857–1945)
British short-story writer. Name variations: (pseudonyms) Mary Chavelita Dunne, George Egerton. Born Dec 14, 1857, in Melbourne, Australia; died Aug 12, 1956, in Sussex, England; dau. of Captain John J. Dunne and Isabel George Bynon; m. H.H.W. Melville (bigamist), 1888; m. Egerton Clairmonte (writer), 1891 (div. 1901); m. Reginald Golding Bright (theater critic), 1901.
Known for her short stories which shocked Victorian sensibilities, spent some time in Norway where she had an affair with novelist Knut Hamsun; published Keynotes (1893), which created a stir; other collections include Discords (1894), Symphonies (1897), Fantasias (1898) and Flies in Amber (1905); also translated several works, including Hamsun's Hunger (1926).
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