John Halifax, Gentleman (1857) By: Dinah Craik: Novel (World's Classic's)
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John Halifax, Gentleman (1857) By: Dinah Craik: Novel (World's Classic's). Author: Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock (Author). Binding: Paperback, Paperback. Weight: 1.39 lbs. Publication Date: 2018-04-26. Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: John Halifax, Gentleman (1857) By: Dinah Craik: Novel (World's Classic's) ISBN13: 9781717416926 ISBN10: 1717416926 Author: Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock (Author) Description: (This is a RePrint) - John Halifax, Gentleman Is A Novel By Dinah Craik, First Published In 1856 Plot Summary: The Action Is Centred In The Town Of Tewkesbury, Scarcely Disguised By The Fictional Name Norton Bury, In Gloucestershire The Story Is Narrated By Phineas, A Friend Of The Central Character John Halifax Is An Orphan, Determined To Make His Way In The World Through Honest Hard Work He Is Taken In By A Tanner, Abel Fletcher, Who Is A Quaker, And Thus Meets Phineas, Who Is Abel's Son John Eventually Achieves Success In Business And Love, And Becomes A Wealthy Man Dinah Maria Craik ( Born Dinah Maria Mulock, Also Often Credited As Miss Mulock Or Mrs Craik) (20 April 1826 - 12 October 1887) Was An English Novelist And Poet Life: Mulock Was Born At Stoke-On-Trent To Dinah And Thomas Mulock And Raised In Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffordshire, Where Her Father Was Then Minister Of A Small Independent Non-Conformist Congregation Her Childhood And Early Youth Were Much Affected By His Unsettled Fortunes, But She Obtained A Good Education From Various Quarters And Felt Called To Be A Writer She Came To London About 1846, Much At The Same Time As Two Friends, Alexander Macmillan And Charles Edward Mudie Introduced By Camilla Toulmin To Westland Marston, She Rapidly Made Friends In London, And Found Great Encouragement For The Stories For The Young In 1865 She Married George Lillie Craik A Partner With Alexander Macmillan In The Publishing House Of Macmillan & Company, And Nephew Of George Lillie Craik They Adopted A Foundling Baby Girl, Dorothy, In 1869 At Shortlands, Near Bromley, Kent, While In A Period Of Preparation For Dorothy's Wedding, She Died Of Heart Failure On 12 October 1887, Aged 61 Her Last Words Were Reported To Have Been: Oh, If I Could Live Four Weeks Longer But No Matter, No Matter Her Final Book, An Unknown Country, Was Published By Macmillan In 1887, The Year Of Her Death Dorothy Married Alexander Pilkington In 1887 But They Divorced In 1911 And She Went On To Marry Captain Richards Of Macmine Castle She And Alexander Had Just One Son John Mulock Pilkington John Married Freda Roskelly And They Had A Son And Daughter Binding: Paperback, Paperback Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Publication Date: 2018-04-26 Weight: 1.39 lbs Dimensions: 0.67'' H x 10'' L x 8'' W Number of Pages: 318 Language: English
