The Heart's Kingdom

by Maria Thompson Daviess, 1stworld Library (Editor)

Overview

A beautiful woman is intended to create a heaven on earth and she has no business wasting herself making imaginary excursions into any future paradise. The present is her time for action; and again, Charlotte, I ask you to name the day upon which you inte

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781421823997
Publisher:	1st World Library
Publication date:	11/02/2006
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

Maria Thompson Daviess (November 25, 1872 - September 3, 1924) was an American novelist and artist, best known for her popular novels written with a "Pollyanna" outlook. Daviess was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky in 1872. After her father died when she was eight, her family relocated to Nashville, Tennessee. She studied one year at Wellesley College, and then went to Paris to study art. Returning to Nashville, she continued to paint and also took up writing. Her first novel, Miss Selina Lue and the Soap-box Babies was published in 1909. The Melting of Molly, published in 1912, was one of the top best-selling books for the year. She published sixteen novels between 1909 and 1920.