George Walker (novelist)

George Walker (novelist)

George Walker (December 24, 1772—February 8, 1847) was an English gothic novelist. He was born in Falcon Square, Cripplegate, London, England. He worked as a bookseller and music publisher. His writings were anti-reform, reacting to writers such as William Godwin and Thomas Holcroft.Harvey, A. D., George Walker and the Anti-Revolutionary Novel, The Review of English Studies, New Series, Vol. 28, No. 111. (Aug., 1977), pp. 290-300.]

Books

* "The Romance of the Cavern", 1792
* "The Haunted Castle", 1794
* "The House of Tinian, 1795
* "Theodore Cyphon, or The Benevolent Jew", 1796
* "Cynthelia, or a Woman of Ten Thousand, 1797
* "The Vagabond", 1799
* "The Three Spaniards", 1800
* "Poems on Various Subjects", 1801
* "Don Raphael", 1803
* "Two Girls of Eighteen", 1806
* "The Travels of Sylvester Tramper in Africa", 1813
* "The Adventures of Timothy Thoughtless", 1813 (for children)
* "The Battle of Waterloo, A Poem", 1815

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