Charlotte Mansfield

Mansfield's novels include Torn Lace (1904);Charlotte Mansfield, [https://books.google.com/books?id=gbkOAAAAIAAJ Torn Lace] (W. Scott 1904). The Girl and the Gods (1907);Charlotte Mansfield, [https://books.google.com/books?id=VPWhngEACAAJ The Girl and the Gods] (Hermes Press 1907). Love and a Woman;[http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3875726/3875729/36/ "Lady's Trek through Africa"] Glamorgan Gazette (20 August 1909): 3. Red Pearls (1914);Charlotte Mansfield, [https://books.google.com/books?id=n6FlnQEACAAJ Red Pearls] (London 1914). Gloria, a Girl of the South African Veldt (1916);Charlotte Mansfield, [https://books.google.com/books?id=aqaNnQEACAAJ Gloria, A Girl of the South African Veldt] (Holden and Hardingham 1916). The Dupe (1917), a World War I spy story;Sharon Ouditt, [https://books.google.com/books?id=vcuHAgAAQBAJ&dq=Charlotte+Mansfield+The+Dupe&pg=PA32 Women Writers of the First World War: An Annotated Bibliography] (Routledge 2002): 31-32. {{ISBN|9781134946020}} Sex and Siller (1920);Charlotte Mansfield, [https://books.google.com/books?id=kmoYnQEACAAJ Sex and Siller] (Holden and Hardingham 1920) and Strings (1920), a supernatural thriller about an evil violin.Charlotte Mansfield, Strings (W. Westall & Company 1920). She also published two books of poems, Flowers of the Wind (1899), and Poems (1902).Charlotte Mansfield, [https://books.google.com/books?id=cqJAAQAAMAAJ Flowers of the Wind] (Elkin Matthews 1899).Charlotte Mansfield, [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010883297 Poems] (London: Bumpus & Co., 1902). The Spectator reviewer called her poetry "verses of indifferent quality, now and then audacious in sentiment."[https://books.google.com/books?id=dfBKAQAAMAAJ&dq=Charlotte+Mansfield+Flowers+of+the+Wind&pg=PA97 "Some Books of the Week"] The Spectator (15 July 1899): 97/

Her widely publicized "Cape to Cairo" tour in fact only reached to Lake Tanganyika before returning to South Africa.[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/15233296 "Via Rhodesia"] Sydney Morning Herald (22 April 1911): 4. via Trove. She wrote about her travels in southern Africa in Via Rhodesia: A Journey Through Southern Africa (1911)).Charlotte Mansfield, [https://archive.org/details/viarhodesiajourn00mans Via Rhodesia: A Journey through Southern Africa] (London: S. Paul & Co. 1911). In reviewing the book, The Register of Adelaide commented, "a less fitting person to follow in the steps of Mary Kingsley could hardly be imagined."[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/59095353 "Review of Books: A Lady in Africa"] The Register (1 April 1911): 4. via Trove.

Mansfield's Gloria, A Girl of the South African Veldt was one of the first South African novels to be adapted for the screen, when American director Lorimer Johnston made a silent picture at Killarney Film Studios in 1916 based on Mansfield's novel, starring English actress Mabel May in the title role.[https://books.google.com/books?id=saMbAQAAMAAJ&dq=Charlotte%20Mansfield%20Gloria&pg=PA1839 "Lorrimer Johnston Heard From"] The Moving Picture World 27(March 18, 1916): 1839.

Charlotte Mansfield was also an accomplished needlework artist, and exhibited her embroidery work in London.Ernest L. Scott, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7044233/charlotte_mansfield_1909/ "Society Belle's Long Walk"] Omaha Daily Bee (31 January 1909): 11. via Newspapers.com{{open access}}

In 1909, she married mining engineer Vladimir Raffalovich in London; they lived in Johannesburg, South Africa.Mick Conefrey, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Ia02lxTeKlkC&dq=Charlotte+Mansfield+Raffalovich&pg=PA54 How to Climb Mount Blanc in a Skirt: A Handbook for the Lady Adventurer] (Macmillan 2011): 54. {{ISBN|9780230106420}} Alfred Edward Turner and Mansfield's new sister-in-law Vera Raffalovich Friedlander presented and hosted the wedding festivities.[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/175548347?searchTerm=Charlotte%20Mansfield&searchLimits= "Exploration Romance"] The Telegraph (20 November 1909): 8. via Trove. Vladimir Raffalovich survived Charlotte Mansfield Raffalovich when she died in 1936, aged 55 years.

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