Ethel M. Dell
(1881–1939)

British writer of popular romance novels and several short stories from 1911 to 1939

Works

Single novels

  • The Way of an Eagle (1911)
  • The Knave of Diamonds (1913)
  • The Rocks of Valpré (1914)
  • The Bars of Iron (1916)
  • The Hundredeth Chance (1917) – also as The Hundredth Chance (transcription project)
  • The Rose of Dawn (1917)
  • Greatheart (1918)
  • The Lamp in the Desert (1919)
  • The Desire of His Life (1920)
  • The Top of the World (1920)
  • The Obstacle Race (1921)
  • The Knight-Errant (1922)
  • Charles Rex (1922)
  • Verses (1923)
  • Tetherstones (1923) (transcription project)
  • The Unknown Quantity (1924)
  • A Man Under Authority (1926)
  • The Black Knight (1926)

The Keeper of the Door Series

  1. The Keeper of the Door (1915)
  2. By Request (1928) – U.S. title Peggy by Request

Omnibus collections

  • The Safety Curtain and Other Stories (1917) Includes:
The Safety Curtain
The Experiment
Those Who Wait
The Eleventh Hour
The Place of Honour
  • The Tidal Wave and Other Stories (1920) Includes:
The Tidal Wave
The Magic Circle
The Looker-On
The Second Fiddle
The Woman of His Dreams
The Return Game
Rosa Mundi and Other Stories (1921) Includes:
Rosa Mundi
A Debt of Honor
The Deliverer
The Prey of the Dragon
The Secret Service Man
The Penalty
  • The Odds and Other Stories (1922) Includes:
The Odds
Without Prejudice
Her Own Free Will
The Consolation Prize
Her Freedom
Death's Property
The Sacrifice
  • The Swindler and Other Stories (1923) Includes:
The Swindler
The Swindler's Handicap
The Nonentity
Her Hero
The Example
The Friend Who Stood By
The Right Man
The Knight Errant – [1922 movie, novel's date uncertain]
A Question of Trust
Where the Heart Is
  • The Passer-By and Other Stories (1925) Includes:
The Passer-By
Tommy-Rot
The Tenth Point
The Lucky Number
The Money Monster
  • The House of Happiness and Other Stories (1927)
  • The Live Bait and Other Stories (1932)

Additional, uncertain titles found in some lists:

  • The Princess's Game (1920)
  • Pullman (1930)


Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1927.


The author died in 1939, so works by this author are also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or less. Works by this author may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

 
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