Mrs. O.F. Walton

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Mrs. O.F. Walton


Born
in Kingston upon Hull, The United Kingdom
August 09, 1849

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Amy Catherine Walton, better known as Mrs O.F. Walton, was a British author of Christian children's and teenage books, mainly but not exclusively fiction. She was born Amy Catherine Deck in 1849, and died in Leigh, Kent in 1939.

Amy was the daughter of the vicar of St Stephen's Church, Spring Street, Hull.

Her career as an author began with My Mates And I, written in 1870 but not published until 1873. Her first published work was My Little Corner in 1872. In 1874 came one of her most famous books, Christie's Old Organ, which has been regularly reprinted up to the present day. It is the story of orphaned Christie and his friend, the aged organ-grinder Treffy. It was introduced to Japan in 1882 and was published in 1885 by the translation of Ta
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A Peep Behind the Scenes

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4.33 avg rating — 582 ratings — published 1877 — 103 editions
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Saved at Sea

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3.96 avg rating — 457 ratings — published 1887 — 76 editions
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The Lost Clue

4.42 avg rating — 339 ratings — published 1907 — 9 editions
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Christie's Old Organ

4.19 avg rating — 323 ratings — published 1874 — 127 editions
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Christie, the King's Servant

4.22 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 1898 — 46 editions
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Nobody Loves Me

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3.91 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 1896 — 14 editions
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Winter's Folly

3.85 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1889 — 7 editions
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Doctor Forester

4.11 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1906 — 6 editions
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Little Faith

3.78 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1880 — 9 editions
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Was I Right?

4.28 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions
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“Patience is a virtue,
Catch it if you can!
Seldom in a woman,
Never in a Man!”
Mrs. O.F. Walton, The Spiral Staircase

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