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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: Sir Joseph Compton Rickett

Author: Sir Joseph Compton Rickett (1847–1919)

Alternate Name(s): Maurice Baxter (pseudonym)

Biography: Industrialist and politician. Father of Arthur Compton Rickett. See entry in Sutherland.

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References: Sutherland

Fiction Titles:

  1. James Strathgeld: Part of an Autobiography.  2 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1873.
  2. The Christ that is to Be: A Latter-Day Romance.  1 vol.  London: Chapman and Hall, 1891.
  3. The Quickening of Caliban: A Modern Story of Evolution.  1 vol.  London: Cassell, 1893.