Born: 17 January 1814, United Kingdom
Died: 10 February 1887
Country most active: United Kingdom
Also known as: Mrs Henry Wood, Ellen Price
The following is excerpted from Famous Women: An Outline of Feminine Achievement Through the Ages With Life Stories of Five Hundred Noted Women. Written by Joseph Adelman, published 1926 by Ellis M Lonow Company.
Mrs. Henry Wood, an English novelist, born in Worcester. She began her literary career by contributing to magazines, and excelled her contemporaries in the ingenuity of her plots.
Her first great success was East Lynne, in 1861, which was followed by about forty long novels and tales.
Mrs. Wood’s widely circulated books display constructive skill, keen character drawing, and descriptive power.
Her East Lynne had an enormous success as a book and a drama, and is still occasionally revived.
The following is excerpted from A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, written by John W. Cousins and published in 1929 by J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd.
WOOD, MRS. ELLEN (PRICE) (1814-1887). —Novelist, writing as “Mrs. Henry Wood,” was b. at Worcester. She wrote over 30 novels, many of which, especially East Lynne, had remarkable popularity. Though the stories are generally interesting, they have no distinction of style. Among the best known are Danesbury House, Oswald Cray, Mrs. Halliburton’s Troubles, The Channings, Lord Oakburn’s Daughters, and The Shadow of Ashlydyat. Mrs. W. was for some years proprietor and ed. of the Argosy.