George Walker (novelist)

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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.[1]

[edit] 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[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b 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.