Harold Frederic

Harold Frederic

Harold Frederic (August 19, 1856 - October 19, 1898) was an Anglo-American journalist and novelist. Frederic was born in Utica, New York, was educated there, and took up journalism. He went to live in England as London correspondent of the "New York Times" in 1884 and was soon recognized for his ability both as a writer and as a talker. He wrote several early stories, but it was not until he published "Illumination" (1896), better known by its American title, "The Damnation of Theron Ware", followed by "Gloria Mundi" (1898), that his remarkable gifts as a novelist were fully realized. Jonathan Yardley called "Damnation" "a minor classic of realism" [Jonathan Yardley, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/26/AR2006112601050.html "In 'Theron Ware,' Realism Wears Well"] , from "The Washington Post", November 27, 2006; Page C01]

He had a wife and five children, to whom he added a mistress and three more children. His mistress was a Christian Scientist who, when he suffered a stroke in 1898, tried faith healing, but it didn't work. She was tried on charges of manslaughter and acquitted. Frederic was interred in Forest Hill Cemetery in Utica, New York.

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* [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3Aharold%20frederic%20-contributor%3Agutenberg%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts Works by Harold Frederic] at Internet Archive
*gutenberg author|id=Harold_Frederic|name=Harold Frederic


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