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Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Adeline Sergeant wich are Under False Pretences and A True Friend. Adeline Sergeant was an English author of the Victorian era with a close connection to Christianity. Novels selected for this book: - Under False Pretences - A True Friend.This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
"Name and Fame" is an absorbing story set in London. It has betrayed wives trying to kill their husbands, corrupt men arranging fake weddings to draw young women into sinful lives, illegitimate newborns adopted by heroic men, murder trials, and politics. An intriguing and melodramatic plot with memorable characters.
Adeline Sergeant (4 July 1851 - 4 December 1904) was an English writer.Born Emily Frances Adeline Sergeant at Ashbourne, Derbyshire, the second daughter of Richard Sergeant and Jane (Hall),she was home schooled until the age of thirteen, when she attended school in Weston-super-Mare. At fifteen a collection of her poems were published in a volume that received positive notice in Weslayan periodicals. She won a scholarship to attend Queen's College, London. Her father died in 1870, and for several years she became a governess at Riverhead, Kent.In 1882, her novel Jacobi's wife resulted in a small award of £100, and the work was published serially in London. For the next several years her wri...
Adeline Sergeant (4 July 1851 - 4 December 1904) was an English writer. For several years she became a governess at Riverhead, Kent. In 1882, her novel Jacobi's wife resulted in a small award of £100, and the work was published serially in London. For the next several years her writings were serialized in the Dundee newspaper, where she lived from 1885-7. Adeline then moved to Bloomsbury, London, where she earned enough keep to support herself through her writings. In the late 1880s she developed an interest in Fabianism and the plight of the poor in London. Over her literary career, she produced over ninety novels; with some involving a religious theme.