George Walker (novelist)
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George Walker was an English
gothic novelist. He was born in Falcon Square, Cripplegate, London, England. He worked as a bookseller and music publisher. His writings were anti-reform, reacting to writers such as William Godwin
and Thomas Holcroft
.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
gothic novelist. He was born in Falcon Square, Cripplegate, London, England. He worked as a bookseller and music publisher. His writings were anti-reform, reacting to writers such as William Godwin
William Godwin
William Godwin was an English journalist, political philosopher and novelist. He is considered one of the first exponents of utilitarianism, and the first modern proponent of anarchism...
and Thomas Holcroft
Thomas Holcroft
Thomas Holcroft was an English dramatist and miscellaneous writer.-Early life:He was born in Orange Court, Leicester Fields, London. His father had a shoemaker's shop, and kept riding horses for hire; but having fallen into difficulties was reduced to the status of hawking peddler...
.
Books
- "The Romance of the Cavern", 1792
- "The Haunted Castle", 1794
- "The House of Tinian, 1795
- "Theodore Cyphon, or The Benevolent Jew", 1796
- "Cynthelia, or a Woman of Ten Thousand, 1797
- "The Vagabond", 1799
- "The Three Spaniards", 1800
- "Poems on Various Subjects", 1801
- "Don Raphael", 1803
- "Two Girls of Eighteen", 1806
- "The Travels of Sylvester Tramper in Africa", 1813
- "The Adventures of Timothy Thoughtless", 1813 (for children)
- "The Battle of Waterloo, A Poem", 1815