Maria Thompson Daviess

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Maria Thompson Daviess


Born
in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, The United States
November 25, 1872

Died
September 03, 1924

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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.

In 1921, she moved to New York City, where she died in September 1924. She did not marry and had no children.

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Average rating: 3.77 · 179 ratings · 53 reviews · 41 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Melting of Molly

3.96 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 1912 — 99 editions
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The Daredevil

3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1916 — 84 editions
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The Heart's Kingdom

3.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1917 — 54 editions
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Over Paradise Ridge A Romance

3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2006 — 22 editions
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Phyllis

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The Tinder-Box

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The Road To Providence

4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1910 — 96 editions
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Andrew The Glad (1913)

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2.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1913 — 69 editions
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Rose of Old Harpeth

4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1911 — 63 editions
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The Golden Bird

3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1918
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“Couldn't inquisitiveness be called just real affection with a kind of squint in its eye?”
Maria Thompson Daviess, The Melting of Molly

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