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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: Elizabeth Emily Charlton

Author: Elizabeth Emily Charlton (1852–1907)

Alternate Name(s): Eglanton Thorne (pseudonym)

Biography: Elizabeth Emily Charlton was born in 1852 in Totteridge, the daughter of Congretational minister Rev. John M. Charlton. At the young age of eleven her first production was published by a children's magazine. Charlton would go on to pen fifty books under the pseudonym "Eglanton Thorne" mostly for the Religious Tract Society. Raised in the west country where her father was a professor at Western College, she lived most of her life in London. While there, she was "an enthusiastic worker in a West London mission." She never married and died on 17 September 1907 in Plymouth.

References: British Census (1881, 1901); Western Morning News (23 September 1907)

Fiction Titles:

  1. "It's All Real True": The Story of a Child's Difficulties.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S., 1881.
  2. As Many as Touched Him.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S., 1882.
  3. The Old Worcester Jug: or, John Griffin's Little Maid.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S., 1882.
  4. A Man of Rock.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S., 1884.
  5. In London Fields: A Story of the Lights and Shadows of a Child's Life.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S., 1884.
  6. The Two Crowns.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S., 1885.
  7. Phil's Mother.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S., 1885.
  8. Ida Nicolari.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S., 1886.
  9. Coral and Beryl: or, Children of the Kingdom.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S., 1886.
  10. The Manse of Glen Clunie.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S., 1888.
  11. Nathan Quilter's Fall.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S., 1889.
  12. My Brother's Friend.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S., 1889.
  13. Lisette.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S., 1890.
  14. The Love that Casteth out Fear: or, Muriel and her Father.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S., 1890.
  15. Aldyth's Inheritance.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S., 1891.
  16. Reuben Roy's Temptations.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S., 1892.
  17. Worthy of his Name.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S., 1892.
  18. Maud Marian Artist: or, The Studio Mariano.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S., 1894.
  19. An Elder Brother.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S., 1895.
  20. A Sham Princess.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S., 1897.
  21. Her Own Way.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S., 1899.
  22. A Little Protestant in Rome.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S., 1900.
  23. A Girl of the Name of Brown.  1 vol.  London: Stockwell, 1901.