# The fate of Fenella

By Helen Mathers.

"The Fate of Fenella: A Novel by Helen Mathers et al." is a collaborative novel published in twenty-four parts between 1891 and 1892. This literary experiment features twenty-four different authors—including Bram Stoker, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Frances Eleanor Trollope—each writing one chapter before passing the story along. Women wrote odd-numbered chapters while men wrote even-numbered ones, creating an alternating narrative. The result tells what contemporary reviewers called "an extremely silly story" with wavering characters and a ridiculous plot, yet somehow remains "fairly readable" and amusing. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Contributor: Helen Mathers
- Contributor: Arthur William À Beckett
- Contributor: F. Anstey
- Contributor: H. Lovett Cameron, Mrs.
- Contributor: May Crommelin
- Contributor: Richard Dehan
- Contributor: Richard Dowling
- Contributor: Arthur Conan Doyle
- Contributor: Duchess
- Contributor: George Manville Fenn
- Contributor: Julia Frankau
- Contributor: Joseph Hatton
- Contributor: Edward Kennard, Mrs.
- Contributor: Henry W. Lucy, Sir
- Contributor: Florence Marryat
- Contributor: Justin H. McCarthy
- Contributor: Jean Middlemass
- Contributor: F. C. Philips
- Contributor: Rita
- Contributor: Clement Scott
- Contributor: Adeline Sergeant
- Contributor: Bram Stoker
- Contributor: Tasma
- Contributor: Frances Eleanor Trollope
- Subjects: Murder -- Fiction; Wives -- Fiction; Paramours -- Crimes against -- Fiction

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