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Walter Besant

Born

in Portsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, The United Kingdom

August 14, 1836

Died

June 09, 1901

Genre

Fiction, History

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Sir Walter Besant was a novelist and historian from London. His sister-in-law was Annie Besant. The son of a merchant, he was born in Portsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire and attended school at St Paul's, Southsea, Stockwell Grammar, London and King's College London. In 1855, he was admitted as a pensioner to Christ's College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1859 as 18th wrangler. After a year as Mathematical Master at Rossall School, Fleetwood, Lancashire and a year at Leamington College, he spent 6 years as professor of mathematics at the Royal College, Mauritius. A breakdown in health compelled him to resign, and he returned to England and settled in London in 1867. He took the duties of Secretary to the Palestine Exploration Fund, which he h ...more

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	The art of fiction by Walter Besant, Henry James 3.65 avg rating — 1,268 ratings — published 1884 — 122 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The History of London 3.62 avg rating — 357 ratings — published 1894 — 83 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All Sorts and Conditions of Men by Walter Besant, Frederick Barnard (Illustrator), Helen Small (Introduction) 3.14 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1900 — 103 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Inner House 3.63 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1888 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Medieval London (Vol. 1&2): Historical, Social & Ecclesiastical (Complete Edition) 3.64 avg rating — 14 ratings — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Revolt of Man 2.71 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1882 — 102 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Captain Cook 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1890 — 78 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lady of Lynn 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1900 — 63 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Changeling 2.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2007 — 69 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	London in the Time of the Tudors really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Perhaps, after all, the greatest psychologist is not the metaphysician but the novelist.”
― Walter Besant

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“This is a very simple Rule, but one to which there should be no exception — never to go beyond your own experience.”
― Walter Besant, The Art of Fiction: Walter Besant and Henry James Discuss the Craft

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“This is the old way of thinking, and most people think first as they have been taught to think; and next, as they see others think.”
― Walter Besant, The Art of Fiction

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