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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: Edmund Randolph

Author: Edmund Randolph (1850–1889)

Biography: Edmund Randolph was born in 1850, the son of Edmund Randolph and Georgiana Sherlock. His father was at Jesus College, Cambridge, and was a convert to Catholicism. Randolph studied at Benedictine College in Downside intending to join the priesthood. Instead, he became an architect and married. In addition, he contributed to periodicals and wrote three novels, all with a decided Catholic bias. He died young in 1889 on the Isle of Wight.

Fiction Titles:

  1. One of "Us": A Novel.  3 vol.  London: Sampson Low, 1882.
  2. Mostly Fools: A Romance of Civilisation.  3 vol.  London: Sampson Low, 1886.
  3. The New Eve: A Study in Recent Evolution.  2 vol.  London: Spencer Blackett, 1889.