Notes for Emma Frances BROOKE Emma was a popular Victorian and Edwardian novelist with titles such
as:
Sir Elyot of the Woods, A Superfluous Woman, The House
of
Robershaye, The Engrafted Rose, The Confession Of Stephen
Whapshare, Susan Wooed And Susan Won, A Fair Country
Maid. Also used a nom de plume, E Fairfax Byrrne. Note
same
initials as her own name; though not the same spelling, Byrrne is the
Scottish word for a brook.
Emma's book, A Superfluous Woman, has been edited with added
notes by
Barbara Tilley and republished in 2017. See the
Happy Valley: Brooke family
web
page. See the book flyer at A Superfluous Woman.
2 April 1911 (census day) living in a boarding house at 6 Pembroke
Square,
Kensington, London UK; Occupation: Author
Sources 32. | Email, Barbara Tilley, 29 October 2010 |
70. | Email, Barbara Tilley research, 02 June 2012 |
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