Elizabeth Dejeans
American writer
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Frances Elizabeth Janes Budgett (December 27, 1868 – February 6, 1928), writing under the pen name Elizabeth Dejeans, was an American novelist. Three silent films were based on works by Dejeans.
December 27, 1868
Elizabeth Dejeans | |
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Elizabeth Dejeans, from a 1917 publication | |
| Born | Frances Elizabeth Janes December 27, 1868 New Philadelphia, Ohio |
| Died | February 6, 1928 (aged 59) Dover, Ohio |
| Other names | Elizabeth Janes, Elizabeth Budgett |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Father | Leroy Lansing Janes |
| Relatives | Henry Martyn Scudder (grandfather) |
Early life
Frances Elizabeth Janes was born in New Philadelphia, Ohio, the daughter of Leroy Lansing Janes and Harriet Waterbury Scudder Janes. Her mother was born in India; her maternal grandfather was Presbyterian missionary Henry Martyn Scudder. She spent part of her childhood in Japan,[1] when her father, an American Civil War veteran, was working as a teacher in Kumamoto.[2][3] She attended the University of Michigan, but left to marry.[4]
Career
Dejeans wrote novels and short stories, mostly "popular female romances" focused on the New Woman and her modern problems.[5] "Dejeans writes neither trash nor sensationalism," explained a 1912 reviewer, "but she does draw powerful pictures of the things that are not always pleasant to look upon."[6] She was public in her support of women's suffrage.[7] Two of her novels and one story were adapted for the screen: The Tiger's Coat (1920), Crashin' Thru (1923), and The Romance of a Million Dollars (1926).
Publications
- The Winning Chance (1909, novel)[8]
- The Heart of Desire (1910, novel)[9][10]
- "A Blotted Page" (1910, short story)[11]
- The Far Triumph (1911, novel)[12][13]
- The House of Thane (1913, novel)[14]
- The Life-Builders (1915, novel)[15][16]
- The Tiger's Coat (1917, novel)[17]
- "The Ten Virgins" (1917, short story)[18]
- Nobody's Child (1918, novel)[19]
- "Twixt the Cup and Lip" (1920, short story)[20]
- The Morton Mystery (1922, novel)[21]
- The Romance of a Million Dollars (1922, novel)[22]
- "If a Woman Will" (1923, short story)
- The Slayer of Souls (1923, serialized novel)[23]
- The Double House (1924, novel)[24][25]
- The Winning Game (1925, novel)[26]
- The Mansions of Unrest (1926, novel)[27]
Personal life
In 1894, Elizabeth Janes married English physician and medical school professor Sidney Paine Budgett.[1] She died by suicide in 1928, at the age of 59, in Dover, Ohio.[28][29]