| Yussuf the guide: by George Manville Fenn (Original Classics) Contributor(s): Fenn, George Manville (Author) |
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ISBN: 153038317X ISBN-13: 9781530383177 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $9.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Physical Information: 0.37" H x 8" W x 10" (0.79 lbs) 174 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: George Manville Fenn (3 January 1831, Pimlico - 26 August 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 (1851-54), 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 collected and republished in four volumes. They were followed by a similar series in the Weekly Times. |