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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: Ellen Louisa Davis

Author: Ellen Louisa Davis (1858–1938)

Biography: Ellen Louisa Davis was born in 1858 in Horsley, the daughter of clergyman Charles Henry Davis and his wife Rosa Sophia (née Jones). Her father was the curate of Horsley and subsequently rector of Littleton Drew. Davis never married and turned to fiction in her twenties beginning with A Boy's Will (1884). She would go on to publish about a dozen more titles. In 1911, she was living in Bath. She died on 1 October 1938 in Acton.

References: British Census (1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1911); Probate

Fiction Titles:

  1. A Boy's Will.  1 vol.  London: James Nisbet, 1884.
  2. Yoked Together: A Tale of Three Sisters.  1 vol.  London: James Nisbet, 1885.
  3. High and Lowly: A Story of Hearts and Homes.  1 vol.  London: James Nisbet, 1886.
  4. The Town's Benefactor: A Story of the Sunday Question.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S., 1886.
  5. Brook and River.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S., 1887.
  6. Shayning Castle.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S., 1889.
  7. Errington Hall: or, Margaret's Venture.  1 vol.  London: R. T. S., 1895.