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Born: Established: ca. 1864 New York (City), New York (State),
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas, ; Died: Ceased: 1906 New York (City), New York (State),
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,
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1 y separately published work icon Sheba : A Study of Girlhood Rita , New York (City) : George Munro , 1899 Z1042575 1889 single work novel
1 y separately published work icon John Holdsworth, Chief Mate : A Story in Three Volumes W. Clark Russell , New York (City) : George Munro , 1898 Z1386109 1875 single work novel adventure Describes the sinking of the 'Meteor' and Holdsworth's rescue by the 'Jessie Maxwell' which took him to Sydney. Chapter eighteen headed 'Sydney' describes the town and harbour. The novel is set in the period 1827 to 1832; Russell visited Sydney in the late 1850s.
2 14 y separately published work icon The Three Miss Kings Ada Cambridge , New York (City) : George Munro , 1898 Z359300 1883 single work novel
2 4 y separately published work icon The Soul of Countess Adrian : A Romance Rosa Praed , New York (City) : George Munro , 1891 Z867047 1888 single work novel horror

'An actress in London is possessed by a vampire, but the spirit is driven out by an exorcism' (Jason Nahrung, 'Vampires in the Sunburnt Country,' 2007, p.57).
3 2 y separately published work icon The Ladies' Gallery : A Novel Rosa Praed , Justin McCarthy , New York (City) : George Munro , 1891 Z866899 1888 single work novel
4 22 y separately published work icon A Black Sheep Ada Cambridge , New York (City) : George Munro , 1890 Z1129210 1888-1889 single work novel

' Following the fortunes of Richard Delavel as a rebellious Oxford undergraduate in 1850s England and a still restless middle-aged family man in 1880s Sydney, the story presents his life and loves, work and leisure, beliefs and hopes against a background of constraints and opportunities in Britain and Australia.' (Publication summary)
4 21 y separately published work icon Uncle Piper of Piper's Hill : An Australian Novel Tasma , New York (City) : George Munro , 1889 Z1080459 1888 single work novel
1 2 y separately published work icon The Head Station : A Novel of Australian Life Rosa Praed , New York (City) : George Munro , 1886 Z864106 1885 single work novel
1 3 y separately published work icon Affinities : A Romance of To-Day Rosa Praed , New York (City) : George Munro , 1885 Z864191 1885 single work novel

'Praed’s interest in the relationship between culture and vampiric possession finds its most extensive and complex treatment in Affinities, which presents a portrait of Oscar Wilde in the guise of the psychic, or moral vampire.'

Source: McCann, Andrew. Rosa Praed and the Vampire Aesthete. USA: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
5 y separately published work icon Zero : A Story of Monte Carlo Rosa Praed , New York (City) : George Munro , 1885 Z863481 1884 single work novel
2 1 y separately published work icon The Sacred Nugget B. L. Farjeon , New York (City) : George Munro , 1884 Z997706 1884 single work novel
2 1 y separately published work icon A Mere Chance Ada Cambridge , New York (City) : George Munro , 1882 Z401265 1880 single work novel
1 y separately published work icon Shadows on the Snow : A Christmas Story B. L. Farjeon , New York (City) : George Munro , 1878 Z975883 1865 single work novel
1 y separately published work icon Seaside Library George Munro (publisher), 1877-1893 Z1171627 1877-1893 series - publisher This hugely successful mass-market fiction series appeared in both quarto and pocket editions from 1877 until the early years of the twentieth century.
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