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English fiction writer
William Edward Norris.
William Edward Norris (18 November 1847 – 1925) was a London-born English fiction and writer. His first story, Heap of Money , appeared in 1877, and was followed by a long series of novels and stories, many of which first appeared in the
Temple Bar and
Cornhill magazines.
[1]
Life
William Edward Norris was born in London, the son of Sir
William Norris ,
Chief Justice of Ceylon .
[2] He was educated at
Eton , and called to the bar at the
Inner Temple in 1874, though he never practised law.
[3]
Norris died on 20 November 1925 at his
Torquay home.
[2]
[4]
Works
Norris wrote over 60 novels; the
Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th (ed) , published in 1911, listed the following as his best to that date: Mademoiselle de Mersac (1880), Matrimony (1881), No New Thing (1883), My Friend Jim (1886), The Rogue (1888), The Despotic Lady (1895), Mathew Austin (1895), The Widower (1898), Nature's Comedian (1904) and Pauline (1908).
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Novels
Heaps of Money (1877). Also published as From Poverty to Wealth
Mademoiselle de Mersac (1880)
Matrimony (1881)
No New Thing (1883)
Thirlby Hall (1883)
Adrian Vidal (1885)
A Bachelor's Blunder (1886)
My Friend Jim (1886)
Major and Minor (1887)
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Chris (1888)
The Rogue (1888)
Miss Shafto (1889)
Mrs. Fenton (1889)
The Baffled Conspirators (1890)
Marcia (1890)
Misadventure (1890)
Miss Wentworth's Idea (1891)
Mr. Chaine's Sons (1891). Also published as The Brothers Three
His Grace (1892)
The Countess Radna (1893)
A Deplorable Affair (1893)
Matthew Austin (1894)
Saint Ann's (1894)
A Victim of Good Luck (1894)
Billy Bellew (1895)
Clarissa Furiosa (1897)
The Dancer in Yellow (1896)
The Fight for the Crown (1898)
Marietta's Marriage (1897)
The Widower (1898)
Giles Ingilby (1899)
The Flower of the Flock (1900)
The Embarrassing Orphan (1901). Also published as An Embarrassing Orphan
His Own Father (1901). Also published as The Distresses of Daphne
The Credit of the County (1902)
Lord Leonard the Luckless (1903)
Nature's Comedian (1904)
Nigel's Vocation (1904)
Barham of Beltana (1905). Also published as Payment in Full and as After Many Years
Lone Marie (1905)
Harry and Ursula (1907)
The Square Peg (1907)
Pauline (1908)
The Perjurer (1909)
Not Guilty (1910)
Vittoria Victrix (1911)
Paul's Paragon (1912)
The Right Honourable Gentleman (1913)
Barbara and Company (1914)
Troubled Tranton (1915). Also published as An Evil Inheritance
Proud Peter (1916)
Brown Amber (1917)
The Fond Fugitives (1917)
The Narrow Strait (1918)
The Obstinate Lady (1919)
The Triumphs of Sara (1920)
Tony the Exceptional (1921)
Sabine and Sabina (1922)
Next of Kin (1923)
The Conscience of Gavin Blane (1924)
Trevalion (1925)
Adrienne of Auxelles (1926)
Short story collections
A Man of His Word, and other stories (1885)
A Man of his Word
La Bella Sorrentina
The Man with the Red Hair
Nils Jensen
The Princess Paolini
Count Waldemar
The Countess Adelcrantz
Mrs. Van Steen
The Old Woman of the Sea
Jack's Father, and other stories (1891)
Jack's Father
The Romance of Paulilatino
Mysterious Mrs. Wilkinson
The Wingham Case
A Queer Business
Clever Lady Sophia
Poor Harry
The Spectre of Strathannan (1895)
The Spectre of Strathannan
The Scamp's Parable
A Ghastly Predicament
Between the Two
The McCleverty
The Room without a Door
The Despotic Lady, and others (1895)
The Despotic Lady
A Slight Misunderstanding
Old Jackson
A Three-Bottle Comedy
The Hermit of Saint-Eugène
An Unresolved Discord
An Octave (1900)
Miser Morgan
The Tenant of Shag Rock
The First Lord and the Last Lady
A Daughter of the Hills
Citizens of the World
A Préfet of the Second Empire
In Good Faith
Prince Coresco's Duel
Short Stories in magazines, newspapers and anthologies
Monsieur Bedeau
1875 September, in The Cornhill Magazine Vol. 32
1875 October 16, 23, in Littell's Living Age Vol. 127
La Bella Sorrentina
1876 February, in The Cornhill Magazine Vol. 33
1876 April 1, in Littell's Living Age Vol. 129
Nils Jensen
1877 March, in The Cornhill Magazine Vol. 35
1877 April 14, in Littell's Living Age Vol. 133
The Princess Paolini
1877 September, in The Cornhill Magazine Vol. 36
1877 October 6, in Littell's Living Age Vol. 135
Count WaldeMarch
1878 May, in The Cornhill Magazine Vol. 37
1878 June 8, in Littell's Living Age Vol. 137
Bianca (short story)
1878 November, in Belgravia Vol. 37
1878 December 28, in Littell's Living Age Vol. 139
1896, in Stories by English Authors: Italy [Anthology]
The Old Maid's Holiday
1879 September, in Belgravia Vol. 39
The Countess Adelcrantz
1880 January, in The Cornhill Magazine Vol. 41
Mrs. Van Steen
1880 December, in The Cornhill Magazine Vol. 42
Némorosa
1881 September, in The Cornhill Magazine Vol. 44
The Man with the Red Hair
1882 January, in The Cornhill Magazine Vol. 45
1882 February 18, in Littell's Living Age Vol. 152
The Old Woman of the Sea
1883 July, in The Cornhill Magazine Vol. 48
The Romance of Paulilatino
1883 September, in The Cornhill Magazine Vol. 48
A Slight Misunderstanding
1883 October, in The Cornhill Magazine Vol. 48
A Man of his Word
1884 Summer, in The Graphic
The Hermit of Saint-Eugène
1884 October, in Longman's Magazine Vol. 4
1884 October 25, in Littell's Living Age Vol. 163
That Terrible Man aka A Terrible Man
1884 November, December 1885 Januaryuary, in The English Illustrated Magazine Vol. 2
Mysterious Mrs. Wilkinson
1885 July, in The Cornhill Magazine Vol. 52
A Diplomatic Victory
1886 April, in Longman's Magazine Vol. 7
1886 May 15, in Littell's Living Age Vol. 169
The Wingham Case
1886 June, in The Cornhill Magazine Vol. 53
Her Own Doing
1886 Summer, in The Graphic
In Good Faith
1886 July, in The Cornhill Magazine Vol. 54
Prince Coresco's Duel
1886 August, in Longman's Magazine Vol. 8
1886 September 18, in Littell's Living Age Vol. 170
The Spectre of Strathannan
1886 Christmas, in The Witching Time [Annual]
Clever Lady Sophia
1887 April, in Longman's Magazine Vol. 9
All Ye that Pass By
1887 May 28, 4 Jun, in The Illustrated London News
Robinson's Friend
1887 Christmas, in The Graphic
A Queer Business
1888 February, in Longman's Magazine Vol. 11
Jack's Father
1888 May, Jun, in Murray's Magazine Vol. 3
Poor Harry
1888 September, in Longman's Magazine Vol. 12
1888 October 27, in Littell's Living Age Vol. 179
La Belle Américaine (short story)
1888 December, in The English Illustrated Magazine Vol. 6
The Duffer
1889 June 8, in The Nottinghamshire Guardian
1890, in Twenty Novelettes [Anthology]
1894 August 31, 7 September, in The Middlesex Courier
1894, in A Dozen All Told [Anthology]
1895 December, in Short Stories Vol. 20
Invisible Mr. Morgan (29 June 1889)
1889 November 30, in Manchester Weekly Times Supplement
Mr. Gregory's Misadventure
1889 December, in Atalanta Vol. 3
The Old Brown Marche
1890 March, in The English Illustrated Magazine Vol .7
An Innocent Chaperone
1891 January, in Longman's Magazine Vol. 17
The Romance of Madame de Chanteloup
1891 April 11, in Black and White Vol. 1
1891 November 21, in The Newcastle Courant
1891 November 21, in The Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle
1893, in Stories From Black And White [Anthology]
The Room Without a Door
1891 May 22, in Manchester Weekly Times Supplement
1892 January 22, in Blackheath Gazette
Quite Impossible (26 July 1891)
1891 August 1, in Black and White Vol. 2
1892 January 23, in The Newcastle Courant
1892 January 23, in The Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle
1894, in Miss Parson's Adventure [Anthology]
1898 April 23, in The Nottinghamshire Guardian
1900 August 11, in The Hampshire Telegraph Supplement
Ambitious Mrs. Willatts
1891 August, in Longman's Magazine Vol. 18
The Musical Mouse
1891 October 3, in Black and White Vol. 2
1901, in Strange Happenings [Anthology]
The Philosopher's Son
1891 December 5, in Black and White Vol. 2
1901, in Strange Happenings [Anthology]
A Tough Job (13 December 1891)
The Late Viscount Brent
1892 November 25, 2 December, in Manchester Weekly Times Supplement
1892 November 25, 2 December, in The Middlesex Courier
1892 November 26, 3 December, in The Leeds Mercury Weekly Supplement
1892 November 26, 3 December, in The Derby Daily Telegraph
The Scamp's Parable
1893 April 1, in The Newcastle Courant
1894 August 11, in The Derby Daily Telegraph
Between the Two
1893 July 8, in The Newcastle Courant
The Nethergate Tragedy
1893 July 26, in The Pall Mall Gazette
A Candidate for Martyrdom
1893 August, in The Pall Mall Magazine Vol. 1
A Three-Bottle Comedy
1893 October, in Longman's Magazine Vol. 22
1893 December 9, in Littell's Living Age Vol. 199
1894 April, in Short Stories Vol. 15
A Partie Carrée
1893 December, in Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. 88
Kaddour
1893 December, in The English Illustrated Magazine Vol. 11
The McCleverty
1894 January 12, in Manchester Weekly Times Supplement
1894 January 13, in The Penny Illustrated Paper
Old Jackson
1894 March, in Good Words 1894
Her Ladyship's Veil
1894 May, in The Pall Mall Magazine Vol. 3
The Tug of War
1894 June, in Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. 89
A Ghastly Predicament
1894 June 16, in The Nottinghamshire Guardian
An Unresolved Discord
1894 October, in Longman's Magazine Vol. 24
1894 November 17, in Littell's Living Age Vol. 203
The Despotic Lady
1894, 10 November 17, 24, 1 Decemberember 8, in The Graphic
The Tenant of Shag Rock
1895 June, in Longman's Magazine Vol. 26
My Fellow-Poacher
1895 August, in The Badminton Magazine Vol. 1
Sir William's Wife
1895 December, in The English Illustrated Magazine Vol. 14
Miser Morgan
1896 February, in Longman's Magazine Vol. 27
1896 February 22, in Littell's Living Age Vol. 208
Scandalous Marchtha
1896 February, in Chapman's Magazine Vol. 3
The King's Cousin
1896 February 15, in The Leeds Mercury Weekly Supplement
1896 February 15, 22, in The Newcastle Courant
1896 February 15, 22, in The Nottinghamshire Guardian
The Dowager's Companion
1896 June, in Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. 93
Topper (short story)
1896 July, in Badminton Magazine Vol. 3
The Three Aspirants
1896 November, in The Lady's Realm Vol. 1
The Beneficient Blunderer
1896 November 7, in The Leeds Mercury Weekly Supplement
1896 November 7, in The Nottinghamshire Guardian
The Anarchical Clerk
1896 November 14, in The Nottinghamshire Guardian
The Two Noels
1896 December 12, in The Nottinghamshire Guardian
1896 December 12, in The Leeds Mercury Weekly Supplement
1896 December 26, in The Bristol Mercury Weekly Supplement
A Christmas Bonfire (13 Decemberember 1896)
1899 March 4, in The Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald as The Matchmaker
A Half Genius
1896 Christmas, in The Graphic
A Simple Soul
1897 April, in The Lady's Realm Vol. 1
Hard Luck (short story)
1897 May 8, in The Illustrated London News
A Préfet of the Second Empire
1897 Summer, in The Graphic
A Sorrowful Sonneteer
1897 November, in The Lady's Realm Vol. 3
The Christmas Diamond (1897 Decemberember 9/10)
1903 December 23, in The Manchester Evening News
The Princess's Betrothal
1898 January 8, in The Newcastle Courant
1898 January 8, in The Manchester Courier Weekly Supplement
1900 July 7, in The Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald
1900 July 16/17, in The Shields Daily Gazette and Shipping Telegraph
The Lady of the Manor
1898 July 9, in The Nottinghamshire Guardian
1898 July 9, in The Bristol Mercury Weekly Supplement
1899 January 11, in The Taunton Courier
A Daughter of the Hills
1898 September 3, in The Illustrated London News
The First Lord and the Last Lady
1899 February, in Longman's Magazine Vol. 33
Miss Bob
1899 March 30, in Hearth and Home
1899 April 1, in The Newcastle Courant
1900 February 24, in The Manchester Courier Weekly Supplement
1902 February 1, in The Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald
Citizens of the World
1899 April 8, in The Illustrated London News
When Thieves Fall Out
1899 May 20, in The Illustrated London News
1900, in The Ladysmith Treasury [Anthology]
Among Thieves
1899 May 27/3 June, in Harper's Weekly Vol. 43 (as Amongst Thieves)
1899 June 3, 10, in The Graphic
Mrs. Le Grand
1899 Summer, in The Graphic
The Widow's Might
1899 July 22, in The Nottinghamshire Guardian
1899 July 22, in The Hampshire Telegraph Supplement
1899 July 22, in The Manchester Evening News
1903 March 20, in Leamington Spa Courier
Vincenzo's Triumph
1899 November 23, in The Independent Vol. 51
Filia Pulchrior
1900 March, in Longman's Magazine Vol. 35
The Errors of the Wise
1900 April 14, in The Newcastle Courant
1900 July 5, in Hearth and Home
1902 November 22, in The Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald
Sir William the Silent
1900 Summer, in The Graphic
The Heroic Revivalists
1901 January, in Longman's Magazine Vol. 37
The Deputy Mendicant
1901 January 26, in The Illustrated London News
The Lovers' Meeting (28 September 1901)
1903 February 7, in The Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald
An Unworthy Stratagem
1901 December 7, in The Illustrated London News
Mrs. Gilbert's Puppets
1901 Christmas, in The Graphic
First or Second?
1902 January 4, in The Manchester Courier Weekly Supplement
Mr. Brough's Client
1902 October, in The Cornhill Magazine Vol. 86
The Elusive Coronet
1903 July 4, in Cardiff Times and South Wales Weekly News
The Roses of Christmas (19 December 1903)
The Butler Intervenes (1904 December 24) (cf The Beneficient Blunderer, 1896)
An Uncharted Reef
1905 August, in Longman's Magazine Vol. 46
A Repentant Defaulter (27 September 1905) (cf All Ye that Pass By, 1887)
Fifteen Drops
1905 December, in The Cornhill Magazine Vol. 92
The Mulcted Millionaire (27 December 1905)
The Reforming of Lady Wynchcombe
1906 January 3, in The Bystander Vol. 9
Sir Robert & the Adventuress
1906 March 23, in Daily Mail
The Perdition of Peter Sherard
1906 April 14, 21, in The Illustrated London Magazine
My Own Petard (31 August 1906)
1913 June, in The English Illustrated Magazine Vol. 49
The King and the Anarchist
1906 October, in The Cornhill Magazine Vol. 94
The Princess's Eyebrow
1906 December 5, in The Bystander Vol. 12
The Thieves' Terror
1907 May, in The Strand Magazine Vol. 33
Mascali the Avenger
1907 July, in The London Magazine Vol. 18
The Coward
1907 August, in The Blue Book Magazine Vol. 5
A Base Conspiracy (28 December 1907)
The Heart of the Editor (25 January 1908)
1908 February, in Every Where Vol. 21
1908 September, in Short Stories Vol. 70
The Missing Links
1908 August, in The Cornhill Magazine Vol. 98
The Fellow-Lodgers (10 April 1909)
The Girl with Only One Talent
1909 June, in The Cornhill Magazine Vol. 99
The Mummers of Marpleton (4 December 1909)
A Change of Partners (25 February 1910)
The Strayed Bishop
1910 October 22, in Cardiff Times and South Wales Weekly News
The Magic Mistletoe (17 December 1910)
The Refractory Prince (22 April 1911)
Wily Miss Wilton (27 May 1911)
1915 July, in The Canadian Magazine Vol. 45
Florinda's Christmas Eve (23 December 1911)
1918 December, in The Canadian Magazine Vol. 52
The Black Spectre
1912 March, in The Pall Mall Magazine Vol. 49
1914 January 31, in The Tamworth Herald
Befogged (27 July 1912)
On and Off Guard (8 November 1913)
Friendship's Penalty
1913 December, in The Cornhill Magazine Vol. 108
Star Sapphira (1913 December 23, 24)
The Fiddler's Fortune (14 January 1914)
The Lady and the Burglar (23 May 1914)
A Peasant of Lorraine
1914 Oct, in The Cornhill Magazine Vol. 110
1914 Nov 7, in The Living Age Vol. 283
The Hedonic Old Lady (24 October 1914)
A Christmas Arbitration (19 December 1914)
The Incriminating Weapon (25 September 1915)
The Truce of God (11 December 1915)
The Christmas After (23 December 1916)
Jan Issel
1917 January, in The Cornhill Magazine Vol. 115
The Charming Miscreant (8 June 1917)
The Dark House
1917 December, in The Canadian Magazine Vol. 50
The Warning Blast (13 April 1918)
A Modest Machiavelli (before 12 June 1920)
Two Sons of France (before 12 June 1920)
The Sublime Ass (12 June 1920)
The Insurgent Revellers (14 January 1922)
The Appalling Passenger (15 July 1922)
By Mutual Consent (15 September 1923)
The Willingham Van Dyck (2 February 1924)
A Hater of Women (12 October 1924)
1925 September 19, in The Derby Daily Telegraph
A Victim of Impulse (13 August 1925)
The Involuntary Absconders (12 September 1925)
Robbery by Request (3 August 1926)
References
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b This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain :
Chisholm, Hugh , ed. (1911). "
Norris, William Edward ".
Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 757–758.
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Norris, William Edward , Beadle and Adams Dime Novel Digitization Project,
Northern Illinois University Libraries .
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"NORRIS, William Edward" .
Who's Who & Who Was Who . A & C Black. Retrieved 7 January 2013 . (Subscription or
UK public library membership required.)
^ Who Was Who gives his date of death as 19 November 1925.
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"Review of Major and Minor by W. E. Nerris" . The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, and Art . 64 (1667): 491. 8 October 1887.
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