Eleanor M. Ingram

Eleanor Marie Ingram (1886–1921) was an early 20th century novelist and short-story writer from New York, who published widely in popular fiction magazines.[1] She was particularly known in her own day for her automobile stories, including her novels The Flying Mercury, Stanton Wins, and From the Car Behind.[1] Her most famous novel is The Thing From the Lake, published posthumously, which is considered an early entry in the genre of eldritch horror.[1]

Personal life

Eleanor M. Ingram was born in New York, New York, the daughter of John W. Ingram (1861–1937), a lawyer, and Anna Augusta Shields Ingram.[1][2] The Ingram family had homes in Grand-View-on-Hudson, NY and New York City.[3] Eleanor never married, and died in New York City on March 22, 1921 after a long illness.[1][3]

Writings

Novels

  • The Game and the Candle (1909), illustrated by P. D. Johnson[4][5]
  • The Flying Mercury (1910)[6][7]
  • Stanton Wins (1911)[5]
  • From the Car Behind (1912)[5]
  • The Unafraid (1913)[5]
  • A Man's Hearth (1915)[8]
  • The Twice American (1917)[5]
  • The Thing from the Lake (1921), published posthumously and republished in 2025 with a biographical essay about her[9]

Stories

  • "The Duke, the Slipper and Dolores" (1902)[10]
  • "Eric's Invasion" (1906)[10]
  • "The Late Conspiracy" (1906)[10]
  • "Two Windows"[10]
  • "I Am the Emperor" (1906)[10][11]
  • "The Alien" (1906)[10]
  • "The Honor of a Plebeian" (1907)[10]
  • "A Balkan Tangle" (1907)[10]
  • "Ilaria" (1907)[10]
  • "Prince Scheherazade" (1907) [10]
  • "The Patricians" (1907)[10]
  • "Don Estevan's Honor" (1907)[10]
  • "The Subjugation of Rudolph" (1907)[10]
  • "The Service of the Temple" (1908)[10]
  • "The Harvest of Dreams" (1908)[10]
  • "A Galvez with the Gray Eyes" (1908)[10]
  • "Not a Sparrow Falleth" (1908)[10]
  • "The Unexpected" (1908)[10]
  • "Amethyst Windows" (1908)[10]
  • "An Aristocrat" (1908)[10]
  • "The Unexpected" (1908)[10]
  • "The Payment" (1908)[10]
  • "His Day" (1909)[10]
  • "The Gracious Game" (1909)[10]
  • "The Visionaries" (1909)[10]
  • "The Lesson" (1909)[10]
  • "An American" (1909)[10]
  • "The Jesters" (1909)[10]
  • "Around the Corner" (1909)[10]
  • "A Moroccan Vendetta" (1909)[10]
  • "The Last Throw" (1909)[10]
  • "Two Who Learned" (1909)[10]
  • "The Justice of Guido" (1910)[10]
  • "The Heart of Clelia" (1910)[10]
  • "The Honor of Valdi" (1910)[10]
  • "The Substitute: A Romance of the Automobile" (1910)[10]
  • "The Road to Paradise" (1910)[10]
  • "The Chauffeur" (1910)[10]
  • "Denis of the Course" (1910)[10]
  • "The Amazing Adventure" (1910)[10]
  • "The Duel" (1910)[10]
  • "The Rose Colored Scarf" (1911)[10]
  • "Conquered" (1911)[10]
  • "His Neighbor's Son" (1912)"[10]
  • "By Any Other Name" (1912)[10]
  • "The Stolen Woman" (1912)[10]
  • "His Play-Day" (1912)[10]
  • "Diet" (1912)[10]
  • "The Impersonator" (1912)[10]
  • "Lady Impossible" (1912)[10]
  • "Shifting Sands" (1913)[10]
  • "The Highway" (1913)[10]
  • "The Whirlpool" (1913)[10]
  • "Shifting Sands" (1913)[10]
  • "Lucifer's Wife" (1913)[10]
  • "The Egerton Standard" (1913)[10]
  • "The Spy" (1915)[10]
  • "The House of the Little Shoes" (1916)[10]
  • "Understanding Adora" (1916)[10]
  • "The King's Noon" (1918)[10]
  • "A Girl Named Rose"(1919)[10]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Collia, Gina R. (2025). "From the Realm of Romance to the Borderland of Dread". The Thing From the Lake. By Ingram, Eleanor M. Nezu Press. pp. i–xxvii.
  2. ^ Anderson, Douglas A. (January 9, 2016). "A Shiver in the Archives: No, that's not Eleanor M. Ingram!".
  3. ^ a b "The Life of Eleanor M. Ingram". February 5, 2026.
  4. ^ Ingram, Eleanor M. (January 5, 1909). The game and the candle. Grosset & Dunlap – via Hathi Trust.
  5. ^ a b c d e Smith, Geoffrey D. (August 13, 1997). American Fiction, 1901–1925: A Bibliography. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-43469-0 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Books by Ingram, Eleanor M. (Eleanor Marie)". Project Gutenberg.
  7. ^ Ingram, Eleanor M. (Eleanor Marie); Frederick, Edmund; Stuart, Bertha (June 19, 2009). "The Flying Mercury" – via Project Gutenberg.
  8. ^ Ingram, Eleanor Marie (January 1, 1915). "A Man's Hearth". Library of Alexandria – via Google Books.
  9. ^ Collia, Gina (January 7, 2025). "The Haunted Library: Book News ~ The Thing from the Lake by Eleanor M. Ingram".
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi "A Complete Bibliography of the Works of Eleanor M. Ingram". February 5, 2026.
  11. ^ [1] The Red Book Magazine Vol. 7 no. 3 (July 1906) pages 383–388
  12. ^ "The Unafraid – Cecil B. DeMille".
  13. ^ "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List". www.silentera.com.
  14. ^ "The Bioscope". Ganes. January 6, 1915 – via Google Books.
  15. ^ Birchard, Robert S. (June 29, 2004). Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-2636-3 – via Google Books.
  16. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Unafraid
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