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Leclaire (1954: 116-117): “She brought the greatest care to sift her evidence before writing. The scenes of most of her novels are laid about Chester and Manchester.””
WORKS
1865. God’s Providence House. A Story of 1791. London: Stanley Paul. EDD Chs.
“Chester and Manchester are the scenes” (Leclaire 1954: 116)
1872. The Manchester Man. London: Hurst & Blackett. EDD Lan.
“A period of the city – 1799-1831 – described with accuracy” (Leclaire 1954: 116)
1878. Caleb Booth’s Clerk: A Lancashire Story. Manchester: Abel Heywood. SC. Not in EDD.
1880. Wooers and Winners: Or, Under the Scars. A Yorkshire Story. 1880. London: Hurst & Blackett, Publishers. SC. EDD. w. Yks.
1882. Through the Night: Tales of Shades and Shadows. Manchester: Abel Heywood. SC. Not in EDD. Lan., Cmb., Irish English, Scottish English.
1883. Forbidden to Wed. London: F.V. White & Co. EDD Lan.
“The Chester-Manchester district, with the social and economic background: 1778-1804” (Leclaire
1954: 117)
KINGKONG PROJECT
Isabella VARLEY, Mrs BANKS (F: 1821 Mar 25 - 1897 May 4 (wrongly 5))
(&ps: Mrs G Linnæus BANKS)
Ivy Leaves [p|1843]
God's Providence House (ps: Mrs G Linnæus BANKS) [f|1865]
Daisies In The Grass (ps: Mrs G Linnæus BANKS) (w G L BANKS) [p|1865]
Stung To The Quick (ps: Mrs G Linnæus BANKS) [f|1867]
The Manchester Man (ps: Mrs G Linnæus BANKS) [f|1872]
Glory (ps: Mrs G Linnæus BANKS) [f|1877]
Geoffrey Olivant's Folly (ps: Mrs G Linnæus BANKS) [f|1877]
Caleb Booth's Clerk (ps: Mrs G Linnæus BANKS) [f|1878]
Ripples And Breakers (ps: Mrs G Linnæus BANKS) [p|1878]
Wooers And Winners (ps: Mrs G Linnæus BANKS) [f|1880]
More Than Coronets (ps: Mrs G Linnæus BANKS) [f|1881]
Through The Night (ps: Mrs G Linnæus BANKS) [s|1882]
The Watchmaker's Daughter (ps: Mrs G Linnæus BANKS) [f|1882]
Forbidden To Marry (ps: Mrs G Linnæus BANKS) [f|1883]
Sybilla (ps: Mrs G Linnæus BANKS) [s|1884]
In His Own Hand (ps: Mrs G Linnæus BANKS) [f|1885]
Miss Pringle's Pearls (ps: Mrs G Linnæus BANKS) [f|1890]
From The Same Nest (ps: Mrs G Linnæus BANKS) [f|1891]
The Bridge Of Beauty (ps: Mrs G Linnæus BANKS) [f|1893]
A Rough Road (ps: Mrs G Linnæus BANKS) [f|1893]
The Slowly Grinding Mills (ps: Mrs G Linnæus BANKS) [f|1893]
Bond Slaves (ps: Mrs G Linnæus BANKS) [f|1893]
* The Making Of William Edwards (ps: Mrs G Linnæus BANKS) [f|?]
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT HIS LIFE AND WORKS SEE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Banks
http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=bankis
Van Arsdel, Rosemary T. 2009. "Banks, Isabella Varley (1821–1897)." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: University Press. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/1296, accessed 14 May 2015]
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LITERARY DIALECTS
1800-1950
NORTH
LANCASHIRE PROSE
Mrs. G. Linnaeus Banks
(Née Isabella Varley)
(1821-1897)
(1882)
(1882)