Audrey Craven and the beginning of The Divine Fire
Poet involved
What happened
In 1897, May Sinclair moved to London with her mother, and the chronology records the publication of her first novel, Audrey Craven. In the same year she began work on The Divine Fire. These developments mark a decisive expansion from her earlier poetry and essays into sustained fiction.
Literary impact
Audrey Craven established Sinclair as a novelist, while beginning The Divine Fire marked another important step in her development as a writer of substantial fiction. The period also placed her literary work within the London environment that would remain central to much of her subsequent career.
Source: Attached chronology
