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John Reay Watson


Born
in Tinonee, Australia
May 23, 1872

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Aka J.R. Watson

• born at Tinonee, N.S.W., 23rd May, 1872; of Scottish parentage
• unmarried
• short stories published in The Bulletin
• NOVELS: In a Man's Mind, London, 1896; An Earthly Fulfilment, London, 1899.
• An Earthly Fulfilment by 'J. R. Watson' highlighted by Wigg & Son 'Newest and Best Fiction of the Month' in The West Australian through August 1899
• described in 1900 by A. W. Jose, Angus & Robertson's Reader, as too 'sexual' for a 'respectable English paper'
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Average rating: 3.61 · 185 ratings · 35 reviews · 34 distinct works
English Poetry of the Roman...

4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1985 — 13 editions
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The English Hymn: A Critica...

4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1997 — 7 editions
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Poachers and Poaching

3.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1891 — 45 editions
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The Poetry of Gerard Manley...

3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1999
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La Langue des Francais - Pr...

4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions
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Romanticism and War: A Stud...

4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions
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An Annotated Anthology of H...

3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2002 — 7 editions
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Everyman's Book of Victoria...

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30 duke street. La penultim...

3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions
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La langue des français

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“Charles Wesley's hymns are forceful because they contain so many words which are physical: for him the life of a Christian was to be experienced in the body as well as in the soul.”
J.R. Watson, The English Hymn: A Critical and Historical Study

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