Originally a businessman, he later became a journalist who also wrote about 30 pot-boiler romantic novels with titles including The Old Factory, The Phantom City: A Volcanic Romance, Strange Crimes and Her Ladyship's Secret.[1] Among his novels are Her Two Millions (1897) with its autobiographical element and descriptions of how a Swiss newspaper is run (Westall worked as an editor of Swiss Times);[1] and Birch Dene (1889) which contains portraits of London and is evocative of the Industrial Revolution.[1]
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^ abcdJohn Sutherland. "Westall, William Bury" in The Stanford Companion to Victorian Literature. 1989
william, bury, westall, february, 1834, 1903, english, novelist, born, accrington, lancashire, england, originally, businessman, later, became, journalist, also, wrote, about, boiler, romantic, novels, with, titles, including, factory, phantom, city, volcanic,. 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 The Phantom City A Volcanic Romance Strange Crimes and Her Ladyship s Secret 1 Among his novels are Her Two Millions 1897 with its autobiographical element and descriptions of how a Swiss newspaper is run Westall worked as an editor of Swiss Times 1 and Birch Dene 1889 which contains portraits of London and is evocative of the Industrial Revolution 1 Notes edit a b c d John Sutherland Westall William Bury in The Stanford Companion to Victorian Literature 1989External links editWorks 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 with 34 library catalogue records nbsp This article about a novelist from the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Bury Westall amp oldid 1176682794, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
