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This article features author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. He was born on August 28, 1814 in Dublin, Ireland and died on February 7, 1873 in Dublin, Ireland. Le Fanu, the son of a Protestant clergyman in predominantly Roman Catholic Ireland, was distantly related by marriage to the literary Sheridan family. Like many writers, he trained for the bar but opted for the pen instead. His first short story was published by the Dublin University Magazine in 1838; this was followed by an eclectic series of tales supposedly told to an Irish priest, "Father Purcell," and collected in 1880 as The Purcell Papers, published in three volumes. Like many writers, he trained for the bar but opted for the pen instead. His first short story was published by the Dublin University Magazine in 1838; this was followed by an eclectic series of tales supposedly told to an Irish priest, "Father Purcell," and collected in 1880 as The Purcell Papers, published in three volumes.

This article profiles author Robert Bage. Owner and operator of a paper mill, Bage in middle age turned to the writing of novels to distract himself after an iron mill in which he was a partner failed. His works included Mount Hennet, The New Paradise Lost, Barham Downs, and The Fair Syrian. In most of his novels, Bage rejected the aristocratic values and attacked slavery, colonialism and negative national stereotypes.

This article presents a biography of author and linguist Richard Francis Burton. Brilliant but wayward and quarrelsome traveler and linguist, Burton mastered over thirty languages, including Gujurati, Marathi, Hindustani and Persian, but was especially skilled in various dialects of Arabic. Today, as of January 2003, his fame rests on his translations of the Arabian Nights. It reveals a profound knowledge of Arabian customs and vocabulary from the literary to the low. His widow, who objected to his interest in all aspects of sexuality, made a bonfire of many of his papers, including a complete translation of the Arabian Perfumed Garden.

This article presents a biography of George MacDonald Fraser. His historical novels deal with border feuds, bare-knuckle boxing in the time of the Regency and the Edwardian England through the eyes of an expatriate American. There were also volumes of short stories derived from his war service as junior officer in a highland regiment. His main project has been the dozen novels known collectively as The Flashman Papers. Flashman was the bully in Thomas HUGHES's Tom Brown's Schooldays. Inventing Flashman's military career after his expulsion from Rugby School, Fraser creates a memorable antihero, a handsome, womanizing coward with the knack of evading danger and emerging from his many adventures with undeserved glory.

This article profiles English memoir-writer Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville. Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, he was a page to King George III and served as clerk to the Council in Ordinary under George IV, William IV, and Victoria. He gave his papers to his friend Henry Reeve with instructions to publish. Journals covering 1820 to 1837 appeared in 3 volumes in 1875. Five large editions sold quickly and the demand in the U.S. equaled that in England.

This article provides information on the works of English author Geoffrey Scott. Scott was born in London, England on June 11, 1884. His work, the Architecture of Humanism, is said to be one of the most influential works of architectural history in the early 20th century. He is best known for his role in preparing the private papers of James Boswell and of his experimental biography of novelist Isabel de Charrière.