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James Payn


Born
in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England
February 28, 1830

Died
March 25, 1898

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James Payn was an English novelist and editor of The Cornhill Magazine.

Payn's father, William Payn (1774/5 - 1840), was clerk to the Thames Commissioners and at one time treasurer to the county of Berkshire. Payn was educated at Eton, and afterwards entered the Military Academy at Woolwich; but his health was not equal to the demands of a military career, and he proceeded in 1847 to Trinity College, Cambridge. He was among the most popular men of his time, and served as president of the Union. Before going to Cambridge he had published some verses in Leigh Hunt's Journal, and while still an undergraduate put forth a volume of Stories from Boccaccio in 1852, and in 1853 a volume of Poems.

In the same year he left Cambridge, he met and shortly
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Bred in the Bone Or, Like F...

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Lost Sir Massingberd: A Rom...

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Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/...

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Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 2/...

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Glow-worm Tales

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Mirk Abbey

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The Talk Of The Town: Volume 1

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Mirk Abbey: Volume 3(of 3)

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The Backwater of Life: Or E...

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The Eavesdropper: An Unpara...

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