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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: Emma Frances Brooke

Author: Emma Frances Brooke (1844–1926)

Alternate Name(s): E. Fairfax Byrrne (pseudonym)

Biography: Novelist. See the entry by Tilley which largely supersedes the earlier entries in the DNB and Sutherland.

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References: DNB; Sutherland; Barbara Tilley, "Emma Frances Brooke," Palgrave Encyclopedia of Victorian Women's Writing (2022)

Fiction Titles:

  1. A Fair Country Maid.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1883.
  2. God's Gifts to Two: or, Margaret Redfern's Discipline.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S., 1883.
  3. Entangled.  3 vol.  London: Hurst and Blackett, 1885.
  4. Reaping the Whirlwind: A Story of Three Lives.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S., 1885.
  5. The Heir Without a Heritage: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Bentley, 1887.
  6. A Superfluous Woman: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: William Heinemann, 1894.
  7. Transition: A Novel.  1 vol.  London: William Heinemann, 1895.
  8. Life the Accuser: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: William Heinemann, 1896.
  9. The Confession of Stephen Whapshare.  1 vol.  London: Hutchinson, 1898.
  10. The Engrafted Rose: A Novel.  1 vol.  London: Hutchinson, 1899.