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Oliver Onions

Born

in Bradford, The United Kingdom

November 13, 1873

Died

April 09, 1961

Website

http://www.valancourtbooks.com/oliver-onions.html

Genre

Horror

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George Oliver Onions (1873–1961), who published under the name Oliver Onions, was an English writer of short stories and novels.

Oliver Onions was born in Bradford in 1873. Although he legally changed his name to George Oliver in 1918, he always published under the name Oliver Onions. Onions originally worked as a commercial artist before turning to writing, and the dust jackets of his earliest works included illustrations painted by Onions himself.

Onions was a prolific writer of short stories and novels and is best remembered today for his ghost stories, the most famous of which is probably ‘The Beckoning Fair One’, originally published in Widdershins (1911). Despite being known today chiefly for his supernatural short fiction, Onions also ...more

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	The Beckoning Fair One 3.81 avg rating — 630 ratings — published 1911 — 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
	Widdershins 3.62 avg rating — 334 ratings — published 1911 — 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 Dead of Night: The Ghost Stories of Oliver Onions by Oliver Onions, David Stuart Davies (Introduction) 3.84 avg rating — 221 ratings — 6 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 Collected Ghost Stories of Oliver Onions. 4.18 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1935 — 5 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
	Ghost Stories of Oliver Onions 4.24 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2000 — 2 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 Cigarette Case 3.42 avg rating — 31 ratings	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 Hand of Kornelius Voyt by Oliver Onions, Mark Valentine (Introduction) 3.59 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1939 — 5 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 story of Ragged Robyn (The Landmark library, no. 13) 3.83 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1912 — 5 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
	In Accordance with Evidence 3.57 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1912	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 Tower of Oblivion 3.27 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1921 — 46 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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Quotes by Oliver Onions (?)

“Let me go--I'm not wanted--let me take away what's left of me--”
― Oliver Onions, The Beckoning Fair One

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“...there was no second attempt. Fate has no Morrow.”
― Oliver Onions, The Beckoning Fair One

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