Victorian Novelists (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

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By Lewis Melville

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Feb 14, 2012
Page Count
266 pages
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BookAnnex
ISBN-13
9781411454644

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ebook (Digital original)

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This 1906 collection of short biographies includes chapters on Benjamin Disraeli, William Makepeace Thackeray, Wilkie Collins, Anthony Trollope, Mrs. Gaskell, Mrs. Oliphant, Charles Kingsley, Charles Reade, and Walter Besant, among others. Melville asserts that the Victorian period was a time synonymous with “big” writing.


Lewis Melville

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Lewis Melville (1874–1932), born Lewis S. Benjamin in London, was educated privately. He began a career as an actor, but at the same time pursued writing. He is the author of a number of books, including The Life of William Makepeace Thackeray and Victorian Novelists.

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