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Elizabeth Dejeans

Frances Elizabeth Janes Budgett (December 27, 1868 – February 6, 1928), writing under the pen name Elizabeth Dejeans, was an American novelist. Three silent films were based on works by Dejeans.

Elizabeth Dejeans
A white woman with dark hair in a bouffant updo, hand on cheek
Elizabeth Dejeans, from a 1917 publication
Born
Frances Elizabeth Janes

December 27, 1868
New Philadelphia, Ohio
DiedFebruary 6, 1928
Dover, Ohio
Other namesElizabeth Janes, Elizabeth Budgett
OccupationNovelist
FatherLeroy Lansing Janes
RelativesHenry Martyn Scudder (grandfather)

Early life

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Frances Elizabeth Janes was born in New Philadelphia, Ohio, the daughter of Leroy Lansing Janes and Harriet Waterbury Scudder Janes. Her mother was born in India; her maternal grandfather was Presbyterian missionary Henry Martyn Scudder. She spent part of her childhood in Japan,[1] when her father, an American Civil War veteran, was working as a teacher in Kumamoto.[2][3] She attended the University of Michigan, but left to marry.[4]

Career

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Dejeans wrote novels and short stories, mostly "popular female romances" focused on the New Woman and her modern problems.[5] "Dejeans writes neither trash nor sensationalism," explained a 1912 reviewer, "but she does draw powerful pictures of the things that are not always pleasant to look upon."[6] She was public in her support of women's suffrage.[7] Two of her novels and one story were adapted for the screen: The Tiger's Coat (1920), Crashin' Thru (1923), and The Romance of a Million Dollars (1926).

Publications

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  • The Winning Chance (1909, novel)[8]
  • The Heart of Desire (1910, novel)[9][10]
  • "A Blotted Page" (1910, short story)[11]
  • The Far Triumph (1911, novel)[12][13]
  • The House of Thane (1913, novel)[14]
  • The Life-Builders (1915, novel)[15][16]
  • The Tiger's Coat (1917, novel)[17]
  • "The Ten Virgins" (1917, short story)[18]
  • Nobody's Child (1918, novel)[19]
  • "Twixt the Cup and Lip" (1920, short story)[20]
  • The Morton Mystery (1922, novel)[21]
  • The Romance of a Million Dollars (1922, novel)[22]
  • "If a Woman Will" (1923, short story)
  • The Slayer of Souls (1923, serialized novel)[23]
  • The Double House (1924, novel)[24][25]
  • The Winning Game (1925, novel)[26]
  • The Mansions of Unrest (1926, novel)[27]

Personal life

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In 1894, Elizabeth Janes married English physician and medical school professor Sidney Paine Budgett.[1] She died by suicide in 1928, at the age of 59, in Dover, Ohio.[28][29]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Mrs. Budgett's Literary Successes". Morning Press. December 21, 1909. p. 3. Retrieved September 20, 2022 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  2. ^ Notehelfer, F. G. (2014-07-14). American Samurai: Captain L.L. Janes and Japan. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-5422-6.
  3. ^ Notehelfer, F. G. (1975). "L. L. Janes In Japan: Carrier of American Culture and Christianity". Journal of Presbyterian History (1962-1985). 53 (4): 313–338. ISSN 0022-3883. JSTOR 23327621.
  4. ^ "Writers of the Day". The Writer. 22 (10): 156. October 1910.
  5. ^ Baym, Nina (2012-08-17). Women Writers of the American West, 1833-1927. University of Illinois Press. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-252-07884-2.
  6. ^ "New Books and their Authors". The Oregon Daily Journal. 1912-01-28. p. 47. Retrieved 2022-09-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "'Maternal Instinct Demands the Ballot'". The Independent. 1911-09-18. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-09-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Dejeans, Elizabeth (1909). The Winning Chance. Philadelphia ; London: J.B. Lippincott Company.
  9. ^ Dejeans, Elizabeth (1910). The heart of desire. Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company.
  10. ^ "Lippincott's Latest". The Boston Globe. 1910-04-23. p. 7. Retrieved 2022-09-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Dejeans, Elizabeth (August 1910). "A Blotted Page". Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. 86 (512): 224–235.
  12. ^ Dejeans, Elizabeth (1911). The far triumph. Philadelphia, London: J. B. Lippincott company.
  13. ^ "Books o' the Month". National Magazine. 36: 133–134. April 1912.
  14. ^ Dejeans, Elizabeth (1913). The house of Thane. Philadelphia ; London: J.B. Lippincott Company.
  15. ^ Dejeans, Elizabeth (1915). The life-builders; a novel. New York: Macaulay co.
  16. ^ "The Divorce Problem". The Baltimore Sun. 1915-09-05. p. 16. Retrieved 2022-09-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ Dejeans, Elizabeth (1917). The tiger's coat. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company.
  18. ^ Dejeans, Elizabeth (August 28, 1917). "The Ten Virgins". St. Petersburg Daily Times. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
  19. ^ Dejeans, Elizabeth (1918). Nobody's child. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill.
  20. ^ The Best American Short Stories ... and the Yearbook of the American Short Story. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1922. p. 478.
  21. ^ Dejeans, Elizabeth (1922). The Moreton mystery. NY: Burt.
  22. ^ Dejeans, Elizabeth; Braunworth & Co; Bobbs-Merrill Company (30 May 2024). The romance of a million dollars. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company.
  23. ^ Dejeans, Elizabeth (1923-08-21). "The Slayer of Souls". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. 7. Retrieved 2022-09-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  24. ^ Dejeans, Elizabeth (1924). The double house. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company.
  25. ^ Hennessey, Eileen (1925-03-02). "Mme. Dejeans, Well Known Novelist, Plans Vacation". Los Angeles Evening Express. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-09-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  26. ^ Dejeans, Elizabeth (1925). The winning game. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company.
  27. ^ Dejeans, Elizabeth (1926). The mansions of unrest. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday.
  28. ^ "Elizabeth Dejeans, Writer, is Suicide". The Indianapolis Star. 1928-02-06. p. 9. Retrieved 2022-09-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  29. ^ "Last Rites for L.A. Author Who Ended Her Own Life". Los Angeles Evening Express. 1928-02-14. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-09-20 – via Newspapers.com.
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