Henry Cockton

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Henry Cockton


Born
in The United Kingdom
December 07, 1807

Died
June 26, 1853

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Henry Cockton (7 December 1807 - 26 June 1853) was an English novelist. Born in London, he is remembered as the author of The Life and Adventures of Valentine Vox, the Ventriloquist (1840) which was parodied by Timothy Portwine (pseudonym of Thomas Peckett Prest) as The Adventures of Valentine Vaux; or, the tricks of a Ventriloquist (1840).

Other Cockton novels include Sylvester Sound, the Somnambulist, The Love Match, George St George Julian, The Prince, Lady Felicia: A Novel, Percy Effingham: Or, The Germ of the World's Esteem, The Sisters; or, England and France, Stanley Thorn, and The Steward: A Romance of Real Life.

Cockton's death in Bury St Edmunds on 26 June 1853 was noted in The Times newspaper on Sat 2 July 1853.
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Valentine Vox, the Ventrilo...

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Sylvester Sound, the Somnam...

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The Steward

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Stanley Thorn

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Lady Felicia: A Novel

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The Love Match

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The Sisters: Or, England An...

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The Prince: Or, George St. ...

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Percy Effingham: or, the Ge...

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“Religious enthusiasm breeds no charity, being in its essence intolerant.”
Henry Cockton, Sylvester Sound, the Somnambulist

“Are we to have a parcel of oligarchs squeezing the marrow out of very bones eternally?”
Henry Cockton, Sylvester Sound, the Somnambulist

“Opposition is the germ of improvement.”
Henry Cockton, Sylvester Sound, the Somnambulist