Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of James Payn wich are Lost Sir Massingberd and Mirk Abbey. Novels selected for this book: - Lost Sir Massingberd. - Mirk Abbey.This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
James Payn (1830-1898) was an English novelist. Before going to Cambridge he had published some verses in Leigh Hunt s Journal, and while still an undergraduate he put forth a volume of Stories from Boccaccio in 1852, and in 1853 a volume of Poems. He contributed regularly to Household Words and Chambers s Journal. In 1858 he acted as joint-editor of the latter periodical. He became sole editor in 1860, and conducted the magazine with much success for fifteen years. In the pages of the Journal he published his most popular story, Lost Sir Massingberd in 1864. From this time he was always engaged in novel-writing. Amongst his other works are Bred in the Bone; or, Like Father Like Son (1872), Woman s Vengeance (1872), By Proxy (1878), A Perfect Treasure (1881), Some Private Views (1881) and Gleams of Memory (1894).
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