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Author: Isabella Banks

Author: Isabella Banks (1821–1897)

Alternate Name(s): Varley (maiden name); Mrs. G. Linnaeus Banks (familiar name)

Biography: Public lecturer and writer. See entry in DNB or Sutherland.

Author Tags:

• RLF Applicants

References: DNB; NCBEL; RLF; Sutherland

Fiction Titles:

1. God's Providence House: A Story of 1791.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1865.
2. Stung to the Quick: A North Country Story.  3 vol.  London: Charles W. Wood, 1867.
3. The Manchester Man.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1872.
4. Glory: A Wiltshire Story.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1877.
5. Geoffrey Olivant's Folly.  1 vol.  London: J. W. Allingham, 1877.
6. Caleb Booth's Clerk: A Lancashire Story.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1878.
7. Wooers and Winners: or, Under the Scars. A Yorkshire Story.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1880.
8. More than Coronets.  1 vol.  Manchester: Abel Heywood, 1882.
9. Through the Night: Tales of Shades and Shadows.  1 vol.  Manchester: Abel Heywood, 1882.
10. The Watchmaker's Daughter and Other Tales.  1 vol.  Manchester: Abel Heywood, 1882.
11. Forbidden to Marry: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: F. V. White, 1883.
12. Sybilla, and Other Stories.  3 vol.  London: F. V. White, 1884.
13. In His Own Hand: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: F. V. White, 1885.
14. Miss Pringle's Pearls.  1 vol.  London: Hutchinson, 1890.
15. From the Same Nest: A Homely Tale.  1 vol.  London: Church Monthly Office, 1890.
16. A Rough Road.  1 vol.  London: Blackie, 1892.
17. The Slowly Grinding Mills.  3 vol.  London: Griffith and Farran, 1893.
18. Bond Slaves: The Story of a Struggle.  1 vol.  London: Griffith and Farran, 1893.
19. The Bridge of Beauty: A Fiction Founded on Fact.  1 vol.  London: Sunday School Union, 1894.