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Lady Noggs, Peeress
Edgar Jepson (1863-1938) was an English writer, principally of mainstream adventure and detective fiction, but also of fantasy and supernatural stories. [Facsimile reprint.]
332 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1905
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Edgar Jepson
193 books11 followersEdgar Alfred Jepson (1863 - 1938) was an English writer, principally of mainstream adventure and detective fiction, but also of some supernatural and fantasy stories that are better remembered. He used a pseudonym R. Edison Page for some of his many short stories, collaborating at times with John Gawsworth, Hugh Clevely and possibly Arthur Machen, long-term friends.
He was editor for a short period of Vanity Fair magazine, where he employed Richard Middleton, and did much to preserve the latter's memory. He was also a translator, notably of the Arsène Lupin stories of Maurice Leblanc.
He was a member of the Square Club (from 1908) of established Edwardian authors, and also one of the more senior of the New Bohemians drinking club.
As a literary dynasty: his son Selwyn Jepson was known as a crime writer; his daughter Margaret (married name Birkinshaw) published novels as Margaret Jepson (including Via Panama) and as Pearl Bellairs; and Margaret's daughter Franklin is the writer Fay Weldon. The Jepson domestic arrangements are commented on second-hand in Weldon's autobiographical writing.
Jepson was friends with the English mystery writer Hugh Clevely and even shared the same pseudonym "Tod Claymore." They co-wrote the novel "The Man With the Amber Eyes."
He was editor for a short period of Vanity Fair magazine, where he employed Richard Middleton, and did much to preserve the latter's memory. He was also a translator, notably of the Arsène Lupin stories of Maurice Leblanc.
He was a member of the Square Club (from 1908) of established Edwardian authors, and also one of the more senior of the New Bohemians drinking club.
As a literary dynasty: his son Selwyn Jepson was known as a crime writer; his daughter Margaret (married name Birkinshaw) published novels as Margaret Jepson (including Via Panama) and as Pearl Bellairs; and Margaret's daughter Franklin is the writer Fay Weldon. The Jepson domestic arrangements are commented on second-hand in Weldon's autobiographical writing.
Jepson was friends with the English mystery writer Hugh Clevely and even shared the same pseudonym "Tod Claymore." They co-wrote the novel "The Man With the Amber Eyes."
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July 21, 2019
I actually did not read this book but found "The Lady Noggs Assists " in a second hand shop in Alnwick , Northumberland, by the same author. I couldn't find a publishing date in the book but at the time it was sold for 2s 6 d, as a popular humorous novel. Lady Felicia Noggs is 12 years old whose guardian just happens to be the Prime Minister . ( ok at the time of publishing but crass now a days ) She is a forceful character and no one is ever quite sure what she will do next. This is of course a very dated book with references to the class structure , servants and other issues that one might find not quite PC in today's world. Nevertheless it is a little cameo into the world at that time.I,think the BBC tried to make a children's series out of the Lady Noggs books some years ago but it wasn't a success. To old fashioned . Maybe if translated into modern era it might have faired better?
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