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Eric Mackay
George Eric Mackay (1851-1898〔(''New York Times'' obituary, 1898 )〕) was an English minor poet, now remembered as the sponging half-brother of Marie Corelli, the best-selling novelist. Mackay and Corelli, born Mary Mackay, were the children of Charles Mackay,〔(Charles Mackay - LoveToKnow 1911 )〕 by different mothers (Mary was illegitimate, with Charles marrying her mother subsequently〔(Marie Corelli Collection | Special Collections | Bryn Mawr College Library )〕).
As a poet he is described as "execrable",〔(PDF, p. 23 )〕 and reliant on Corelli's promotion of his works. Mackay achieved some reputation in his time for ''Letters of a Violinist'' (1886). It sold 35,000 copies; he repaid Corelli's efforts by implying he wrote her novels.〔Philip J. Waller, ''Writers, Readers, And Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918'' (2006), p. 467.〕
A 1940 biography of Corelli, George Bullock's ''Marie Corelli: The Life and Death of a Best-Seller'', hinted that the relationship was incestuous; this has generally been discounted, though Eric's laziness and lack of scruples are acknowledged.〔 This was an old rumour, attributed to Edmund Gosse.〔(Marie Corelli and her Occult Tales )〕
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