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M. E. Francis

M. E. Francis

M. E. Francis was the pen name of Mary Elizabeth Blundell, a prolific Irish novelist widely regarded as one of the most prominent female writers of her era.

Lived
1859–1930
Nationality
Irish
Language
English

Mary Elizabeth Blundell, writing under the pseudonym M. E. Francis, was a prolific Irish novelist of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Born Mary Elizabeth Sweetman in 1859, she built a highly successful writing career that spanned several decades before her death on March 9, 1930.\n\nDuring her literary career, Blundell achieved significant contemporary acclaim. She was widely celebrated by her peers and readers alike, earning a reputation as the best-known woman novelist of her day.