Auteur

Lewis Melville

1874–1932

Naissance
30 mars 1874, Londres
Décès
janvier 1932, Londres
Nationalité
Royaume-Uni et Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande
Profession
Écrivain ou écrivaine, acteur ou actrice de théâtre et biographe

Vie et œuvre

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Lewis Saul Benjamin (pen name, Lewis Melville; 1874–1932) was an English author, born into a Jewish family in London, England and educated privately in England and Germany. From 1896 to 1901 he was known as an actor, though part of his time even then was devoted to literature.

His publications include:

The Life of William Makepeace Thackeray (two volumes, 1899)

20 vol. edition of Thackeray's works (editor, 1901–07)

In the World of Mimes: A Theatrical Novel (1902)

The Thackeray Country (1905)

Victorian Novelists (1906)

The First Gentleman of England (two volumes, 1906)

Bath under Beau Nash (1907)

The Beau of the Regency (1908)

King Edward VII: His Life & Reign. The Record of a Noble Career (six volumes, 1910; with Edgar Sanderson)

The Life and Letters of Laurence Sterne (two volumes, 1911; American edition, 1912)

The Life and Letters of William Cobbett (two volumes, 1912; American edition, 1913)

The Life and Writings of Philip, Duke of Wharton (1913)

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: Her Life and Letters (1689–1762), London: Hutchinson & Co., 1925

Trial of the Duchess of Kingston (editor, 1927) Notable British Trials series

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Collection

Livres de Lewis Melville

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