Editing Marie Corelli (section)

{{Short description|English novelist (1855–1924)}}
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{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --> 
| name         = Marie Corelli
| image        = MarieCorelli.jpg
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| caption      = Corelli in 1909
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| birth_name    = Mary Mackay
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1855|05|01|df=yes}}
| birth_place   = {{Nowrap|London, England, <br> [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]]}}
| death_date    = {{death date and age|1924|04|21|1855|05|01|df=yes}}
| death_place   = {{Nowrap|[[Stratford-upon-Avon]], England, <br> United Kingdom}}
| occupation   = Novelist
| nationality  = British
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| genre        = [[Gothic fiction|Gothic]], [[Fantasy]], [[Scientific romance]]
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| relatives    = [[Charles Mackay (author)|Charles Mackay]] (father)
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'''Mary Mackay''' (1 May 1855{{spaced ndash}}21 April 1924), also called '''Minnie Mackey''' and known by her pseudonym '''Marie Corelli''' ({{IPAc-en|k|ə|ˈ|r|ɛ|l|i}},<ref>{{Cite dictionary |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/Corelli,+Marie |title=Corelli, Marie |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}{{dead link|date=September 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Corelli|accessdate=3 August 2019}}</ref> <small>also</small> {{IPAc-en|UK|k|ɒ|ˈ|-}},<ref name="Collins">{{cite web|url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/corelli|title=Corelli|work=[[Collins English Dictionary]]|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|access-date=3 August 2019}}</ref> {{IPAc-en|US|k|ɔː|ˈ|-|,_|k|oʊ|ˈ|-}}<ref name="Collins"/><ref>{{Cite American Heritage Dictionary|Corelli|accessdate=3 August 2019}}</ref>), was an English novelist.

From the appearance of her first novel ''[[A Romance of Two Worlds]]'' in 1886, she became a bestselling fiction-writer, her works were largely concerned with Christianity, reincarnation, astral projection and mysticism. Yet despite her many distinguished patrons, she was often ridiculed by critics. Corelli lived her later years in [[Stratford-upon-Avon]], whose historic buildings she fought hard to preserve.