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Fanny Emily Penny
Born1847 Edit this on Wikidata
Covehithe Edit this on Wikidata
DiedDecember 22, 1939 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 91–92)
Ealing Edit this on Wikidata
Alma mater
Spouse(s)Frank Penny Edit this on Wikidata
Parent(s)
  • Emily Caroline Cobbold Farr Edit this on Wikidata


Fanny Emily Farr Penny (1847 – December 22, 1939) was a British novelist. She lived for twenty-four years in India and most of her forty-four novels are set there.[1]

Fanny Emily Farr was born in 1847 in Covehithe, Suffolk, England, the daughter of the Rev. John Farr, rector in Gillingham, Norfolk, and Emily Caroline Cobbold Farr, daughter of brewer John Cobbold and poet Elizabeth Cobbold. She was educated at Queen's College and Bedford College in London.[1][2][3]

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Awards and honors[edit]

Fanny Emily Penny won the .

Fanny Emily Penny was nominated for the .

Death and legacy[edit]

Fanny Emily Penny died on 22 December 1939 in Ealing.

Bibliography[edit]

  • Fickle Fortune in Ceylon. Madras: Addison & Co., 1887[4]
  • Caste and Creed.  2 vol.  London: F. V. White, 1890.[5][6]
  • The Romance of a Nautch Girl: A Novel.  1 vol.  London: Swan Sonnenschein, 1898.[5][6]
  • A Forest Officer: Being Episodes in the Life of Jim Burns.  1 vol.  London: Methuen, 1900.[5][6]
  • Fort St. George, Madras: A Short History of Our First Possession in India. London: Swan Sonnenschein, 1900.[4]
  • Dilys. London: Chatto and Windus, 1903.[6]
  • A Mixed Marriage. London: Methuen, 1903.[6]
  • The Sanyasi. London: Methuen, 1904.[6]
  • The Tea Planter. London: Chatto and Windus, 1906.[6]
  • The Inevitable Law. London: Chatto and Windus, 1907.[6]
  • Dark Corners. London: Chatto and Windus, 1908.[6]
  • On the Coromandel Coast. London: Smith Elder, 1908.[6]
  • The Unlucky Mark. London: Chatto and Windus, 1909.[6]
  • Sacrifice. London: Chatto and Windus, 1910.[6]
  • The Rajah. London: Chatto and Windus, 1911.[6]
  • The Outcaste. London: Chatto and Windus, 1912.[6]
  • The Malabar Magician. London: Chatto and Windus, 1912.[6]
  • Love in the Hills. London: Chatto and Windus, 1913.[6]
  • Southern India. Black, 1914.[7]
  • Love in a Palace. London: Chatto and Windus, 1915.[6]
  • Love by an Indian River. London: Chatto and Windus, 1916.[6]
  • A Love Tangle. London: Chatto and Windus, 1917.[6]
  • Missing. London: Chatto and Windus, 1917.[6]
  • A Love Offensive. London: Chatto and Windus, 1918.[8]
  • Desire and Delight. London: Chatto and Windus, 1919.[6]
  • Diamonds. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1920.[6]
  • The Rajah's Daughter. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1921.[6]
  • The Swami's Curse. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1923.[6]
  • One of the Best. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1923.[6]
  • Living Dangerously. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1925.[6]
  • Pulling the Strings. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1925.[6]
  • A Question of Colour. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1926.[6]
  • A Question of Love. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1928.[6]
  • The Two Brides. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1929.[6]
  • The Wishing Stone. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1930.[6]
  • Get on the Wooing. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1931.[6]
  • The Lady of the Rifle. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1932.[7]
  • Magic in the Air. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1933.[6]
  • The Old Dagoba. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1934.[6]
  • Patrick. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1934.[6]
  • The Elusive Bachelor. London: Hutchinson, 1935.[6]
  • A Spell of the Devil. London: Hutchinson, 1935.[6]
  • The Familiar Stranger. London, Hutchinson, 1936.[6]
  • Chowra's Revenge. London: Hutchinson, 1937.[6]
  • Treasure, Love and Snakes. London: Mills and Boon, 1938.[6]
  • Jackals and Others. London: Mills and Boon, 1939.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Kemp, Sandra; Mitchell, Charlotte; Trotter, David (1997). Edwardian fiction: an Oxford companion. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-811760-5.
  2. ^ "Author: Fanny Emily Penny". www.victorianresearch.org. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
  3. ^ Bell, Srilekha (2001). "Mrs. Frank Penny's A Mixed Marriage: "A Tale Worth Reading"". English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920. 44 (1): 28–45.
  4. ^ a b Author catalogue of printed books in European languages. Government of India press, Calcutta. 1954.
  5. ^ a b c "Author: Fanny Emily Penny". www.victorianresearch.org. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao Gupta, Brijen Kishore (1973). India in English fiction, 1800-1970; an annotated bibliography. Internet Archive. Metuchen, N.J., Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-0612-2.
  7. ^ a b Who was who in literature, 1906-1934. Internet Archive. Detroit : Gale Research Company. 1979. ISBN 978-0-8103-0402-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  8. ^ 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.

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