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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: William Pett Ridge

Author: William Pett Ridge (1860–1930)

Alternate Name(s): Warwick Simpson (pseudonym)

Biography: Novelist and short story writer. See entry in DNB or Sutherland.

References: DNB; Sutherland

Fiction Titles:

  1. Eighteen of Them. Singular Stories.  1 vol.  London: Leadenhall Press, 1894.
  2. A Clever Wife.  1 vol.  London: Bentley, 1895.
  3. Minor Dialogues.  1 vol.  Bristol: Arrowsmith, 1895.
  4. An Important Man and Others.  1 vol.  London: Ward and Lock, 1896.
  5. The Second Opportunity of Mr. Staplehurst.  1 vol.  London: Hutchinson, 1896.
  6. Secretary to Bayne, M.P..  1 vol.  London: Methuen, 1897.
  7. Three Women and Mr. Frank Cardwell.  1 vol.  London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1898.
  8. Mord Em'ly.  1 vol.  London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1898.
  9. Outside the Radius: Stories of a London Suburb.  1 vol.  London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1899.
  10. A Son of the State.  1 vol.  London: Methuen, 1899.
  11. A Breaker of Laws.  1 vol.  London: Harper and Bros., 1900.
  12. London Only: A Set of Common Occurrences.  1 vol.  London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1901.