Elizabeth Phipps Train
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| Born | September 1, 1856  Dorchester |
| Died | 1940 (aged 83–84) Brookline |
| Occupation | Writer |
Elizabeth Phipps Train (1856 – 1940) was an American novelist and translator.
Elizabeth Phipps Train was born on September 1, 1856 in Dorchester, Boston, the daughter of William G. and Mary Elizabeth Phipps Train. She attended Wells College in Aurora, New York.[1][2][3]
Train published a number of translations from the French, as well as original novels, some of which initially appeared in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. Her most famous work was A Social Highwayman, about the rise and fall of a socialite turned jewel thief named Courtice Jaffrey, narrated by his valet Jenkins Hanby.[4] It was adapted into a popular stage drama by Mary T. Stone in 1895,[5] as well as a 1916 film starring Edwin August.
Train lived in Boston and Duxbury, Massachusetts.[2] Elizabeth Phipps Train died in 1940 in Brookline, Massachusetts.[6]
Bibliography[edit]
Novels[edit]
- Doctor Lamar (New York : Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., [c1891])
- The autobiography of a professional beauty. (Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott co., 1896)
- A social highwayman, (Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott company, 1896)
- A marital liability (Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott company, 1897), illustrated by Violet Oakley
- A queen of hearts (Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott, 1898, c1897)
- Madam of the Ivies (Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott, 1898)
Translations from the French[edit]
- The apostate; a novel, by Ernest Daudet. (New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1893)
- Recollections of the Court of the Tuileries by Amélie Carette (1899)
- The Shadow of Roger Laroque by Jules Mary (1890)
References[edit]
- ^ Burke, William Jeremiah; Howe, Will David (1967). American authors and books, 1640 to the present day. Internet Archive. New York, Crown Publishers. p. 749.
- ^ a b Winslow, Helen Maria (1906). Little journeys in literature. University of California Libraries. Boston, L. C. Page.
- ^ Leonard, John William (1915). Woman's who's who of America. Harvard University. New York : The American Commonwealth Co.
- ^ Panek, LeRoy (2014). After Sherlock Holmes : the evolution of British and American detective stories, 1891-1914. Internet Archive. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. pp. 145–46. ISBN 978-0-7864-7765-4.
- ^ Kronenberger, Louis; Sherwood, Garrison P.; Chapman, John; Mantle, Burns (1899). "The Best plays". Burns Mantle Yearbook1952/53-1972/73: 37 v. ISSN 0276-2625.
- ^ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Death Index, 1901-1980. 1936-1940: Shannon - Zyzniewski, v. 99, image 138.
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