Elizabeth Phipps Train (1856 – 1940) was an American novelist and translator.
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| Born | September 1, 1856  Dorchester |
| Died | 1940 (aged 83–84) Brookline |
| Occupation | Writer |
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
editNovels
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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