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George Manville Fenn (1831- 1909) was an English novelist, journalist, editor and educationalist. Fenn's first story for boys, Hollowdell Grange, appeared in 1867. It was followed by a long list of other novels for juveniles and adults. In this book: The Tiger Lily !Tention, A Story of Boy-Life during the Peninsular War Young Robin Hood The Peril Finders Burr Junior The Young Castellan, A Tale of the English Civil War
George Manville Fenn (3 January 1831, Pimlico - 26 August 1909, Isleworth) was a prolific English novelist, journalist, editor and educationalist. Many of his novels were written for young adults. His final book was a biography of his fellow writer for juveniles, George Alfred Henty. *Life and works* Fenn, the third child and eldest son of a butler, Charles Fenn, was largely self-educated, teaching himself French, German and Italian. After studying at Battersea Training College for Teachers (1851-54), he became the master of a national school at Alford, Lincolnshire. He later became a printer, editor and publisher of short-lived periodicals, before attracting the attention of Charles Dickens...
Reproduction of the original: This Man’s Wife by George Manville Fenn
George Manville Fenn lived from 1831 to 1909, and was a prolific writer of boys' adventure stories. He also wrote serialized books for the various boys' periodicals. The feature that is common to most of his books is the method of sustained suspense that he employed. He wrote, in explaining this, that he relied upon the human desire to unravel a mystery, to retain his readers' attention. He was able to retain their interest right up to the very last page, by building up mysterious and dire situations one upon the other. You are constantly left asking, "How does he get out of this one?" George Manville Fenn was born in London January 3, 1831. He was educated at private schools, then attended ...
George Manville Fenn--Selective Works "Diamond Dyke" "Cutlass and Cudgel" "Seven Frozen Sailors"
"In Honour's Cause" via George Manville Fenn is a fun ancient adventure book that takes area in Europe throughout a time of political and social unrest. Archie Armstrong, a young Englishman caught inside the middle of the Franco-Prussian War, is the main character of the story. Along along with his friends and fellow countrymen, Archie receives caught up in a series of weird events and threatening conditions as they are trying to make their way via the warfare-torn landscape. Fenn skillfully receives the essence of the troubled instances, giving an exquisite image of how warfare influences human beings and organizations. As the tale goes on, Archie and his pals face many risks and chance the...
George Manville Fenn (3 January 1831, Pimlico - 26 August 1909, Isleworth) was an English novelist, journalist, editor and educationalist Fenn, the third child and eldest son of a butler, Charles Fenn, was largely self-educated, teaching himself French, German and Italian. After studying at Battersea Training College for Teachers (1851-54), he became the master of a national school at Alford, Lincolnshire. He later became a printer, editor and publisher of short-lived periodicals, before attracting the attention of Charles Dickens and others with a sketch for All the Year Round in 1864. He contributed to Chambers's Journal and Once a Week. In 1866, he wrote a series of articles on working-class life for the newspaper The Star. These were collected and republished in four volumes. They were followed by a similar series in the Weekly Times.
"This Man's Wife" from George Manville Fenn. English novelist, journalist, editor and educationalist (1831-1909).
"The Weathercock-Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias" from George Manville Fenn. English novelist, journalist, editor and educationalist (1831-1909).