George Lovell is an 1847 novel by the Irish writer James Sheridan Knowles, published in three volumes.[1] Sheridan Knowles had made his name writing stages plays, particularly tragedies such as Caius Gracchus and Virginius. He then turned to writing novels this was the second following the semi-autobiographical Fortescue (1846).[2] His second novel focused on a series of adventures experienced by the son of a jeweller. Some reviewers found the novels too earnest in their tone.[3] Both enjoyed more success in the United States that in Britain.[4] Charlotte Brontë mentions the novel in one of her letters.[5]
 1852 edition | |
| Author | James Sheridan Knowles |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Edward Moxton (London) Burgess, Stringer & Company (New York) |
Publication date | 1847 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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References
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edit- Burwick, Frederick Goslee, Nancy Moore & Hoeveler Diane Long . The Encyclopedia of Romantic Literature. John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
- Gibson, Gertrude Gladys. James Sheridan Knowles and His Dramas. University of Iowa, 1930.
- Rollyson, Carl Edmund & Magill, Frank Northen. Critical Survey of Drama. Salem Press, 2003.
- Smith, Margaret (ed.) The Letters of Charlotte Brontë: 1848–1851. Clarendon, 1995
- Sutherland, John. The Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction. Routledge, 2014.
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