Anne Douglas Sedgwick
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[[Image:AnneDouglasSedgwick.jpg|thumb|Anne Douglas Sedgwick, c.1912]]
'''Anne Douglas Sedgwick''' ([[March 28]], [[1873]] - [[July 19]], [[1935]]) was an [[United States|American]]-born [[United Kingdom|British]] [[writer]]. The daughter of a businessman, she was born in [[Englewood, New Jersey]] 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]]. During [[World War I]] she and her husband were volunteer workers in hospitals and orphanages in [[France]].
Her novels explored the contrast in values between Americans and Europeans. He bestsellin novel ''[[Tante]]'' was made into a 1918 film, ''[[The Impossible Woman]]'' and ''[[The Little French Girl]]'' into a 1925 film of the same name. In 1931, she was elected to the United States [[The American Academy of Arts and Letters|National Institute of Arts and Letters]]. Four of her books were on the [[list of bestselling novels in the United States]] for 1912, 1924, 1927, and 1929 as determined by the [[New York Times]].
Anne Douglas Sedgwick died in [[Hampstead]], 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)
*''Adrienne Toner'' (1922)
*''[[The Little French Girl]]'' (1924) - No.3 for the year in the U.S.
*''[[The Old Countess]]'' (1927) - No.9 for the year in the U.S.
*''[[Dark Hester]]'' (1929) - No.3 for the year in the U.S.
*''Philippa'' (1929)
== External links ==
* {{gutenberg author| id=Anne+Douglas+Sedgwick | name=Anne Douglas Sedgwick}}
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