George Lovell is an 1847 novel by the Irish writer James Sheridan Knowles, published in three volumes.[1] Sheridan Knowles had made his name writing stages plays, particularly tragedies such as Caius Gracchus and Virginius. He then turned to writing novels this was the second following the semi-autobiographical Fortescue (1846).[2] His second novel focused on a series of adventures experienced by the son of a jeweller. Some reviewers found the novels too earnest in their tone.[3] Both enjoyed more success in the United States that in Britain.[4] Charlotte Brontë mentions the novel in one of her letters.[5]

George Lovell
1852 edition
AuthorJames Sheridan Knowles
LanguageEnglish
PublisherEdward Moxton (London)
Burgess, Stringer & Company (New York)
Publication date
1847
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint

References

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  1. ^ Gibson p.210
  2. ^ The Encyclopaedia of Romantic Literature p.733
  3. ^ Sutherland p.360
  4. ^ Rollyson & Magill p.733
  5. ^ The Letters of Charlotte Brontë: p.350-51

Bibliography

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  • Burwick, Frederick Goslee, Nancy Moore & Hoeveler Diane Long . The Encyclopedia of Romantic Literature. John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
  • Gibson, Gertrude Gladys. James Sheridan Knowles and His Dramas. University of Iowa, 1930.
  • Rollyson, Carl Edmund & Magill, Frank Northen. Critical Survey of Drama. Salem Press, 2003.
  • Smith, Margaret (ed.) The Letters of Charlotte Brontë: 1848–1851. Clarendon, 1995
  • Sutherland, John. The Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction. Routledge, 2014.