Alfred Ollivant (writer)

Alfred Ollivant 1912

Alfred Ollivant (1874–1927) was an English novelist known best for his novel Owd Bob. Ollivant also published about a dozen other novels ranging from small-scale cautionary tales to grand historical stories.

Alfred Ollivant was born in Nuthurst, Sussex, during 1874 and became an author after a horse-riding injury ending his brief military career. Owd Bob, his first novel, was published during 1898. Set in rural Cumbria, in northern England, the novel concerns a suspected sheepkilling collie Bob. Even though most of the book's dialogue is written in the Cumbrian dialect, it became popular in the United States. Ollivant even published a sequel, Danny, during 1902. He was also a short story contributor to the magazines The Atlantic Monthly and the Boston Evening Transcript. Alfred Ollivant died in London on January 19, 1927.

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The Next Step, an essay on the missing policeman dedicated to the masses of mankind, silent and suffering. (1919)

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