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LINCOLNSHIRE
DING 2012: "“Very prolific writer of boys’ stories. He worked for several years as master of the shool at Alford, Lin. He owned a small press at Crowle, Lin., from which he ran a literary magazine in 1862. He moved to Isleworth, Mds. in 1889 and there he remained until his death. He was an avid book collector. ”
WORKS
1888. Dick o’ the Fens: A Tale of the Great East Swamp. With illustrations by Frank Dadd. London: Blackie & Sons. SC. EDD.
1889. A Cure of Souls. Christmas issue of Good Words. London: Isbister and CO. EDD.
KINGKONG PROJECT
George Manville FENN (M: 1831 Jan 3 - 1909 Aug 26)
'Cabby' [n|1864]
24918 Hollowdell Grange [f|1866]
21310,i Featherland [1866]
Original Penny Readings [1866]
Webs In The Way [f|1867]
Bent, Not Broken [f|1867]
Christmas Penny Readings [1867]
Mad [f|1868]
By Birth A Lady [f|1871]
The Sapphire Cross [f|1871]
The World Of Wit And Humour (ps: G M F) (ed) [1871]
Midnight Webs [1872]
A Book Of Fair Women (ps: G M F) (ed) [1872]
That Little Frenchman [f|1874]
The Blue Dragoons [1875]
Thereby Hangs A Tale [f|1876]
A Little World [f|1877]
Pretty Polly [f|1878]
21304,i Begumbagh [s|1879]
The Parson O' Dumford [f|1879]
23375,i Jack At Sea [f|c1880]
The Clerk Of Portwick [f|1880]
21301,i Bunyip Land [f|1880]
21359,i Off To The Wilds [f|1880]
21303,i Devon Boys [f|1880]
Friends I Have Made [1881]
The Vicar's People [f|1881]
Adventures Of Working-Men [s|1881]
Eli's Children [f|1882]
21355,i Middy And Ensign [f|1883]
My Patients [1883]
Dutch The Diver [f|1883]
21356,i Nat The Naturalist [f|1883]
21382,i Son Philip [f|1883]
The New Mistress [f|1883]
23497,i Through Forest And Stream [f|c1884]
Sweet Mace [f|1884]
21368,i The Silver Cañon [f|1884]
24909,i The Golden Magnet [f|1884]
The Rosery Folk [f|1884]
21354,i Menhardoc [f|1885]
21306,i Dick O' The Fens [f|1885]
21381,i A Terrible Coward [f|1885]
25637 The Dark House [f|1885]
Some Stained Pages [f|1885]
23502,i The New Forest Spy [f|c1885]
Morgan's Horror [f|1885]
Eve At The Wheel [f|1885]
The Master Of The Ceremonies [f|1886]
The Chaplain's Craze [f|1886]
Double Cunning [f|1886]
21293,i Brownsmith's Boy [f|1886]
21361,i Patience Wins [f|1886]
21378,i Yussuf The Guide [f|1887]
24871 The Bag Of Diamonds [f|1887]
One Maid's Mischief [f|1887]
This Man's Wife [f|1887]
The Man With A Shadow [f|1888]
The Story Of Antony Grace, Or, Some Stained Pages [f|1887]
21363,i Quicksilver [f|1888]
Commodore Junk [f|1888]
21296,i Mother Carey's Chicken [f|1888]
In The Wilds Of New Mexico [1888]
Of High Descent [f|1889]
The Lass That Loved A Soldier [f|1889]
Three People's Secret [f|1889]
In Jeopardy.. [s|1889]
21319,i Three Boys [f|1889]
23386,i In The King's Name [f|1890]
Lady Maude's Mania [f|1890]
The Mynns' Mystery [f|1890]
A Double Knot [f|1890]
21295,i Cormorant Crag [f|1890]
A Fluttered Dovecote [f|1890]
21376,i Will Of The Mill [f|1890]
21316,i The Adventures Of Don Lavington [f|1890]
21297,i Cutlass And Cudgel [f|1890]
21320,i Mass' George [f|1890]
21302,i Charge! [f|1890]
24516,i The Crystal Hunters [f|1891]
21294,i Burr Junior [f|1891]
21364,i The Rajah Of Dah [f|1891]
21495,i To The West [f|1891]
Sawn Off [s|1891]
Mahme Nousie [f|1891]
Princess Fédor's Pledge.. [s|1891]
21373,i Syd Belton [f|1891]
21375,i The Weathercock [f|1892]
King Of The Castle [f|1892]
The Grand Chaco [f|1892]
23374,i The Dingo Boys [f|1892]
21311,i Gil The Gunner [f|1892]
25607 Witness To The Deed [f|1893]
A Sylvan Courtship [f|1893]
Nurse Elisia [f|1893]
21366,i Sail-Ho! [f|1893]
21372,i Steve Young [f|1893]
21326,i The Black Bar [f|1893]
21299,i Blue Jackets [f|1893]
The Star-Gazers [f|1894]
The White Virgin [f|1894]
Real Gold [f|1894]
The Vast Abyss [f|1894]
21317,i A Life's Eclipse [f|1894]
The Tiger Lily [f|1894]
21308,i First In The Field [f|1894]
21307,i Fire Island [f|1894]
In An Alpine Valley [f|1894]
An Electric Spark [f|1895]
24813 The Queen's Scarlet [f|1895]
Planter Jack [f|1895]
Cursed By A Fortune [f|1896]
The Case Of Ailsa Gray [f|1896]
21313,i In Honour's Cause [f|1896]
Smith's Weakness [f|1896]
Captain Jack [f|1896]
25449 Roy Royland (aka: The Young Castellan) [f|1896]
21298,i The Black Tor [f|1896]
21367,i Sappers And Miners [f|1896]
High Play [1897]
Frank And Saxon [f|1897]
20544 The Little Skipper [f|1897]
Vince The Rebel [f|1897]
21371,i Our Soldier Boy [f|1898]
The Silver Salvors [f|1898]
i Jungle And Stream [f|1898]
Tales Of Peril And Heroism [s|1898]
21357,i Nic Revel [f|1898]
A Woman Worth Winning [f|1898]
Draw Swords! [f|1898]
24926,i In The Mahdi's Grasp [f|1899]
The Vibart Affair [f|1899]
A Crimson Crime [f|1899]
Ned Ledger [f|1899]
27908 Fix Bay'nets! [f|1899]
21314,i King O' The Beach [f|1899]
11097 Young Robin Hood [f|1899]
The Balloon (w James Henry DARNLEY) [d|pub:1899]
The Barrister (w James Henry DARNLEY) [d|pub:1899]
21380,i A Young Hero [f|1900]
King Robert's Page [f|1900]
Uncle Bart [f|1900]
21360,i Old Gold [f|1900]
The Ocean Waif [f|1900]
21315,i The King's Sons [f|1900]
21318,i The Lost Middy [f|1900]
21362,i The Powder Monkey [f|1900]
27897 The Kopje Garrison [f|1901]
The Cankerworm [f|1901]
Pulabad [f|1901]
21305,i A Dash From Diamond City [f|1901]
Something Like A Snake [f|1901]
Running Amok [f|1901]
Ching, The Chinaman, And His Middy Friends [f|1901]
Coastguard Jack [f|1902]
25429 The Peril Finders [f|1902]
Two Rough Stones; and, A Bad Day's Fishing [s|1902]
Black Shadows [f|1902]
Stan Lynn [f|1902]
A Meeting Of Greeks And The Tug Of War [s|1902]
21292,i Brave And True.. (w others) [s|1902]
Walsh The Wonder-Worker [f|1903]
Memoir Of B F Stevens [b|1903]
It Came To Pass [f|1903]
21309,i Fitz The Filibuster [f|1903]
23128,i The King's Esquires [f|1903]
Coming Home To Roost [f|1904]
21358,i The Ocean Cat's Paw [f|1904]
21365,i Rob Harlow's Adventures [f|1904]
21312,i Glyn Severn's School-days [f|1904]
21379,i Marcus, The Young Centurion [f|1904]
The Khedive's Country [1904]
Blind Policy [f|1904]
21377,i To Win Or To Die [f|1904]
Trapper Dan [f|1905]
Nephew Jack [f|1905]
So Like A Woman [f|1905]
Shoulder Arms! [f|1905]
Little People's Book Of Wild Animals [1905]
21374,i 'Tention! [f|1906]
27907 Hunting The Skipper [f|1906]
23922 Dead Man's Land [f|1906]
Aynsley's Case [f|1906]
Happy Playmates [1906]
The Traitor's Gait.. [s|1906]
George Alfred Henty [b|1907]
The Country Squire [f|1907]
21494,i Trapped By Malays [f|1907]
Sir Hilton's Sin [f|1908]
Jack, The Rascal [f|1909]
In Mid-Air [f|1924]
In Marine Armour [f|1927]
Staunch As Steel [f|1927]
Poverty Corner ('A Little World') [f|?]
23382,i Crown And Sceptre [f|?]
24821 Diamond Dyke [f|?]
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT HIS LIFE AND WORKS SEE
Boulger, G. S. 2004. "Fenn, George Manville (1831–1909)". rev. Guy Arnold. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: University Press. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33105, accessed 9 May 2015]
Ford, Eric. 1999. "A Forgotten Victorian Author And The Society He Knew - George Manville Fenn - Critical Essay". Contemporary Review. (http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2242/is_1604_275/ai_56750244/?tag=content;col1)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Manville_Fenn
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=86900458
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LITERARY DIALECTS
1800-1950
EAST MIDLANDS
LINCOLNSHIRE PROSE
George Manville Fenn
(1831-1909)
(1888)