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George Manville Fenn (3 January 1831 in Pimlico – 26 August 1909 in Isleworth) was a prolific English novelist, journalist, editor and educationalist. Many of his novels were written with young adults in mind. His final book was his biography of a 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 (1851–1854), he became the master of a national school at Alford, Lincolnshire. Fenn later became a printer, editor and publisher of some 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 to the magazine 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, and were followed by a similar series in the Weekly Times. Fenn's first story for boys, Hollowdell Grange, appeared in 1867. It was followed by a succession of other novels for juveniles and adults. The Star-Gazers (1894), for example, was a three-volume "astronomical romance" for adults. Having become the editor of Cassell's Magazine in 1870, Fenn then purchased Once a Week and edited it until it closed in 1879. He also wrote for the theatre. Fenn authored many historical fiction novels, including Crown and Sceptre: A West-Country Story (1889) about the English Civil War, Ned Ledger (1899), focusing on naval combat during War of the Austrian Succession, The King's Sons (1901) about King Alfred, and Marcus, the Young Centurion (1904), about Julius Caesar.Fenn and his family lived at Syon Lodge, Isleworth, Middlesex, where he built up a library of 25,000 volumes and took up telescope making. His last book was a biography of a great fellow writer of boys' stories, George Alfred Henty. Family In 1855, George Manville Fenn married Susanna Leake; they had two sons and six daughters. He died at his home on 26 August 1909. Fenn's works Novels References External links Works by George Manville Fenn at Project Gutenberg Works by or about George Manville Fenn at Internet Archive Works by George Manville Fenn at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks) Eric Ford: A Forgotten Victorian Author and the Society He Knew. Critical Essay Archived 29 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine From Contemporary Review; Sept. 1999. "FENN, George Manville". Who's Who biographies, 1901. 1901. p. 414. George Manville Fenn at Library of Congress, with 95 library catalogue records. Discover the George Manville Fenn popular books. Find the top 100 most popular George Manville Fenn books.
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The Devon Boys, A Tale of the North Shore
George Manville FennAs per the title, the story revolves round the cliffs of the north shore of Devon, in South West England. It is 1752. There are three local teenage boys, who are all boarders at ...
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The Black Tor, A Tale of the Reign of James the First
George Manville FennAs always with this author there is plenty of action in this book. Two teenage boys of about the same age come from families which have been in intense rivalry for centuries. Eac...
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Patience Wins or War in the Works
George Manville FennAccording to Wikipedia: "George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer. He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became p...
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A Double Knot
George Manville FennPopular 19th century novel. According to Wikipedia: "George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was an English novelist, journalist, editor and ed...
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The Weathercock, Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias
George Manville FennOur sixteenyearold hero. He is living with his uncle, who is a doctor in a small Lincolnshire village. He is friendly, after a fashion, with three boys who are living in the Rect...
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The Man With a Shadow
George Manville FennPopular nineteenthcentury novel. According to Wikipedia: "George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was an English novelist, journalist, editor a...
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The Little Skipper, A Son of a Sailor
George Manville FennAccording to Wikipedia: "George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer. He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became p...
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King of the Castle
George Manville FennPopular novel, published in 1892. According to Wikipedia: "George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was an English novelist, journalist, editor ...
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Christmas Penny Readings, Original Sketches for the Season
George Manville FennCollection of Christmas stories, first published in 1876. According to Wikipedia: "George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was an English novel...
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A Little World
George Manville FennPopular nineteenthcentury novel. According to Wikipedia: "George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was an English novelist, journalist, editor a...
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Featherland or How the Birds Lived at Greenlawn
George Manville FennAs he explains in the last paragraph the book was written for the amusement of two little girls who were fond of leaning up against his knee, and asking him to tell them a story. ...
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The Mynns Mystery
George Manville FennPopular nineteenthcentury novel. According to Wikipedia: "George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was an English novelist, journalist, editor a...
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Menhardoc, A Story of Cornish Nets and Mines
George Manville FennMr Temple and his two 15 or 16 year old twin sons have come to stay for the summer holidays in a Cornish fishing village. The two boys are very different. Arthur, or Taff, is ver...
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George Alfred Henty
George Manville FennBiography of the historical novelist G. A. Henty. According to Wikipedia: "George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 – 16 November 1902), was a prolific English novelist and a special ...
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A Fluttered Dovecote
George Manville FennPopular novel. According to Wikipedia: "George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was an English novelist, journalist, editor and educationalist....
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Adventures of Working Men
George Manville FennClassic novel. According to Wikipedia: "George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was an English novelist, journalist, editor and educationalist....
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Of High Descent
George Manville FennPopular nineteenthcentury novel. According to Wikipedia: "George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was an English novelist, journalist, editor a...
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The Young Hero
George Manville FennIn the opening scene Doctor Martin, a most learned gentleman, is teaching Phil, the hero, his Latin. Phil is perhaps eight or none years of age, not older then that, Dr Martin i...
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Original Penny Readings
George Manville FennPopular nineteenthcentury novel. According to Wikipedia: "George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was an English novelist, journalist, editor a...
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Real Gold
George Manville FennPopular nineteenthcentury novel. According to Wikipedia: "George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was an English novelist, journalist, editor a...
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The Silver Canyon, A Tale of the Western Plains
George Manville FennThis book is by an author who revels in putting his heroes into tense and dangerous situations, and never more so than in the Western plains of North America in the middle of the ...
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Dutch the Diver
George Manville FennPopular novel. According to Wikipedia: "George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was an English novelist, journalist, editor and educationalist....
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Old Gold or The Cruise of the Brig Jason
George Manville FennAccording to Wikipedia: "George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer. He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became p...
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Blue Jackets or The Log of the Teaser
George Manville FennAnother very exciting nautical novel by this author, who is a master of suspense. HMS Teaser, a clippergunboat, is patrolling the China Seas on the lookout for pirates. At the ti...
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Quicksilver or The Boy With No Skid to His Wheel
George Manville FennThe entire action of this book takes place in a small English village. The local doctor, having retired childless, decides he would like to adopt a boy. Being a Governor of the l...
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Cormorant Crag, A Tale of the Smuggling Days
George Manville FennAccording to Wikipedia: "George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer. He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became p...
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Trapped by Malays, A Tale of Bayonet and Kris
George Manville FennAccording to Wikipedia: "George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer. He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became p...
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Yussuf the Guide or The Mountain Bandits, Being a Story of Adventures in Asia Minor
George Manville FennLawrence is a boy in his late teens, who has consumption, which makes him feel very tired and helpless. He says one day that he would love a holiday somewhere hot and sunny. He h...
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To Win or Die, A Tale of the Klondike Gold Craze
George Manville FennThis is a tough tale about tough men. Right from the first chapter we are living with men who are fighting for survival, the enemy being as often as not other men who would rob th...
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The Dark Horse
George Manville FennIt would be hard to praise this book highly enough. It is in essence a murder and detection mystery, the sort of thing that great midtwentieth century writers like Agatha Christie...
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Commodore Junk
George Manville FennPopular novel first published in 1889. According to Wikipedia: "George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was an English novelist, journalist, ed...
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Off to the Wilds, Being the Adventures of Two Brothers
George Manville FennAccording to Wikipedia: "George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was a British writer. He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became p...
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Midnight Webs
George Manville FennPopular 19th century novel. According to Wikipedia: "George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was an English novelist, journalist, editor and ed...
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Syd Belton or The Boy Who Would Not Go to Sea
George Manville FennThe book opens with a domestic scene with the boy Sydney having just finished dinner with his father, a Captain in the navy, and his uncle, an Admiral. They are discussing Syd's c...