Anne Douglas Sedgwick (28 March 1873 – 19 July 1935) was an American-born British writer. The daughter of George Stanley Sedgwick, a businessman and Mary (Douglas) Sedgwick, she was born in

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but at age nine her family moved to London. Although she made return visits to the United States, she lived in England for the remainder of her life. In 1908, she married the British essayist and journalist,

Basil de Sélincourt Basil de Sélincourt (19 August 1876 – 16 February 1966) was a British essayist and journalist. In 1902 he married the orientalist Beryl de Zoete, but the marriage failed, and in 1908 he married the writer Anne Douglas Sedgwick (1873–1935). ...

. During

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she and her husband were volunteer workers in hospitals and orphanages in France. Her novels explored the contrast in values between Americans and Europeans. Her best-selling novel ''Tante'' was made into a 1919 film, ''

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'', and ''

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'' into a 1925 film of the same name. In 1931, she was elected to the United States

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. Four of her books were on the

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for 1912, 1924, 1927, and 1929 as determined by ''

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''. Sedgwick died in

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, England in 1935. The following year her husband published ''Anne Douglas Sedgwick: A Portrait in Letters''.

Bibliography

* ''The Dull Miss Archinard'' (1898) * ''The Confounding of Camelia'' (1899) * ''The Rescue'' (1902) * ''Paths of Judgement'' (1904) * ''The Shadow of Life'' (1906) * ''A Fountain Sealed'' (1907) * ''Valerie Upton'' (1908) * ''Amabel Channice'' (1908) * ''Franklin Winslow Kane'' (1910) * '' Tante'' (1912) – No.9 for the year in the U.S. * ''The Nest'' (collection of short stories) (1913) * ''The Encounter'' (1914) * ''A Childhood in Brittany Eighty Years Ago'' (nonfiction) (1919) * ''The Third Window'' (1920) * ''Christmas Roses and Other Stories'' (1920) * ''Adrienne Toner'' (1922) * ''

'' (1924) – No.3 for the year in the U.S.(12 September 1924)
The Little French Girl – A New Novel by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
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'' * '' The Old Countess'' (1927) – No.9 for the year in the U.S.(2 April 1927)
'The Little French Girl Theme' Revised in 'The Old Countess'
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'' * '' Dark Hester'' (1929) – No.3 for the year in the U.S. * ''Philippa'' (1929)

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