George's Fans (1)

George Manville Fenn

Author profile

born

January 03, 1831 in Pimlico, The United Kingdom

died

August 26, 1909

gender

male

genre

Travel, Outdoors & Nature

About this author

edit data

George Manville Fenn (January 3, 1831, Pimlico - August 26, 1909, Isleworth) was an English novelist, journalist, editor and educationalist.

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 (1851-4), he became the master of a national school at Alford, Lincolnshire. He later became a printer, editor and publisher of 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 Once a Week. In 1866, he wrote a series of articles on working-class life for the newspaper The Star. These were c...more

combine editions
Books by George Manville Fenn

Average rating: 3.27 · 30 ratings · 17 reviews · 255 distinct works

	The Dark House 2.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1885 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Young Robin Hood 2.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1899 — 14 editions	My rating:
	The Crystal Hunters 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1890 — 12 editions	My rating:
	The Mynns' Mystery. [A Novel.] 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011	My rating:
	Mad (Volume 1); A Story of Dust and Ashes 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	My rating:
	The Bag of Diamonds 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1887 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Young Castellan (Illustrated Edition) 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1895 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The King's Sons (Illustrated Edition) by George Manville Fenn, T. Robinson (Illustrator) 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1901 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Draw Swords! in the Horse Artillery 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Friends I Have Made 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1883	My rating: