William Bury Westall
William Bury Westall (7 February 1834 – 1903) was an English novelist born in Old Accrington, Lancashire, England.[1]
Originally a businessman, he later became a journalist who also wrote about 30 pot-boiler romantic novels with titles including The Old Factory, Strange Crimes and Her Ladyship's Secret.[1] Among his better novels are Her Two Millions (1897) because of its autobiographical element and accurate descriptions of how a Swiss newspaper is run (Westall worked as an editor of Swiss Times);[1] and Birch Dene (1889) which contains striking portraits of London and is evocative of the Industrial Revolution.[1]
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 John Sutherland. "Westall, William Bury" in The Stanford Companion to Victorian Literature. 1989
External links
- Works by William Bury Westall at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about William Bury Westall at Internet Archive
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