111. May Agnes Fleming — The Midnight Queen with Brian Busby

Gothic thriller The Midnight Queen (1863) was written by May Agnes Fleming, a prolific Canadian author who specialized in churning out binge-worthy books, making her one of the nation’s first best-selling authors. Our guest is Canadian literary historian and author Brian Busby of The Dusty Bookcase. 

Discussed in this episode: 

The Midnight Queen by May Agnes Fleming

The Dusty Bookcase 

Alexandre Dumas

L.M. Montgomery

The New York Mercury

Philadelphia’s Saturday Night

The Tempest by William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Marion, the Story of an Artist’s Model by Winnifred Eaton

Brad Bigelow and Neglected Books

Buffy The Vampire Slayer 

Do Evil in Return by Margaret Millar

The Untempered Wind by Joanna E. Wood

Kamouraska by Anne Héber

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