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 novels are (1897) with its autobiographical element and descriptions of how a Swiss newspaper is run (Westall worked as an editor of Swiss Times);[1] and (1889) which contains portraits of London and is evocative of the Industrial Revolution.[1]
Notes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d 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
- William Westall at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- William Westall at Library of Congress Authorities, with 34 catalogue records
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