Eveline Louisa Mitchell Forbes
Eveline Louisa Mitchell Forbes | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1866  |
| Died | 18 April 1924 |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Spouse | Walter Robert Drummond Forbes |
| Children | Courtenay Forbes |
| Father | Frederick Cooper Farwell |
Eveline Louisa Mitchell Forbes (1866 – 18 April 1924) was a British novelist. She published nine novels under the name the Hon. Mrs. Walter R. D. Forbes and a book on palmistry.
Early life
Eveline Louisa Mitchell Forbes was born in 1866, the daughter of Frederick Cooper Farwell and Louisa Whitbread Mitchell, daughter of Admiral Frederick Thomas Michell.[1] In 1888, she married Walter Robert Drummond Forbes, son of Walter Forbes, 18th Lord Forbes. They had a son, diplomat Victor Courtenay Walter Forbes.[2]
Career
She published a book on palmistry, Fingers and Fortune (1886), and wrote articles on palmistry for The New Review, including an 1894 article where she read the palm of Thomas Hardy.[3][4][5] Her novels often featured one-word titles and multiple settings across the British Empire. The title of Blight (1897) is the nickname of a femme fatale who preys on British high society.[6] A Gentleman (1900) moves from Italy to London to Australia, following Raymond, the son of a dressmaker attempting to win the hand of a peer's daughter. Dumb (1901) is set in Scotland, Switzerland, and the Indian frontier, following Aileen Conyngham, victim of a unhappy marriage who becomes a widow and is allowed to express love again. Nameless (1909) is set in Scotland, London, and Africa, but focuses on a female novelist named Cecil Grey.[4]
Death
Eveline Louisa Mitchell Forbes died on 18 April 1924.[2]
Bibliography
- Fingers and Fortune. London: D. Scott, 1886. Republished as Practical Palmistry for the Amateur. Boston: St. Bartholph Soc., 1917.[3]
- Her Last Run: A Novel. 2 vol. London: F. V. White, 1889.[7]
- Blight. 1 vol. London: Osgood, McIlvaine, 1897.[7]
- A Gentleman. 1 vol. London: John Murray, 1900.[7]
- Dumb. 1 vol. London: Chatto and Windus, 1901.[7]
- Unofficial: A Two Days' Drama. Westminster: A. Constable, 1902.[8]
- Leroux. London: Greening, 1908.[8]
- Vane Royal. London: J. Long, 1908.[8]
- Nameless: A Novel. London: J. Murray, 1909.[8]
- His Alien Enemy. London: J. Murray, 1918.[8]
References
- ↑ WHO'S WHO 1914. Adam and Charles Black, and The Macmillan Company.
- 1 2 Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 1453.
- 1 2 Fitzherbert, Andrew (1992). The palmist's companion : a history and bibliography of palmistry. Internet Archive. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-2524-6.
- 1 2 Kemp, Sandra (1997). Edwardian fiction : an Oxford companion. Internet Archive. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-811760-5.
- ↑ Millgate, Michael (1982). Thomas Hardy, a biography. New York: Random House. ISBN 978-0-394-48802-8 – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ Sutherland, John (1989). The Stanford companion to Victorian fiction. Internet Archive. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-1528-7.
- 1 2 3 4 "Author: Eveline Louisa Mitchell Forbes". www.victorianresearch.org. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Grimes, Janet (1981). Novels in English by women, 1891-1920 : a preliminary checklist. Internet Archive. New York : Garland Pub. ISBN 978-0-8240-9522-2.