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Broughton, Rhoda, 1840-1920We have 1 book for this author.Rhoda Broughton (November 29, 1840 – June 5, 1920) was a novelist. Rhoda Broughton was born in Denbigh in north Wales. From an educated and well-to-do family, as a young girl she developed a taste for literature, especially poetry, and was encouraged by her father to pursue a career in writing. Her uncle, Sheridan le Fanu, was a successful author and he assisted in having her first two novels published in 1867. She would go on to a successful career, writing more than 25 novels plus a large number of short stories. Her story "The Man with the Nose", narrated from a male viewpoint, is a masterpiece of subtle horror. The story's last sentence, quite innocent in itself, intensifies the horror of all that has previously occurred in this story. Her final years were spent at Headington Hill, near Oxford where she died. Partial bibliography
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