Emma Leslie
Emma Leslie was the pseudonym of Emma Boultwood (1838–1909), an English writer of children's books and historical fiction. She wrote more than one hundred books.[1]
Life
[edit]Emma Boultwood was born in 1838 in Greenwich, South-east London.[1] Her younger sister, Harriet Boultwood, also became a novelist.[2] She started writing in the 1860s, publishing children's and historical fiction for the Religious Tract Society and the Sunday School Union. She died and was buried in Pwllcrochan Churchyard Pembroke, Wales.[1]
Selected bibliography
[edit]- Hayslope Grange: A Tale of the Civil War (1873)
- Charley’s Log: A Story of Schoolboy’s Life (1882)
- A Sailor’s Lass (1886)
- Kate’s Ordeal (1887)
- The Seed She Sowed: A Tale of the Great Dock Strike (1891)
- Eric, a Waif: A Story of Last Century (1892)
- Brave Bessie Westland: A Story of Quaker Persecution (1893)
- A Gypsy Against Her Will: or, Worth Her Weight in Gold (1893)
- Elsie’s Scholarship, and Why She Surrendered it (1898)
- At the Sign of the Golden Fleece: A Story of Reformation Days (1900)
- That Scholarship Boy (1900)
- Arthur’s Inheritance: or, How He Conquered (1901)
- Brought Out of Peril (1906)
- Saved by Love: A Story of London Streets (1913)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Author Information: Emma Leslie, At the Circulating Library: A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837-1901. Accessed 7 April 2020.
- ^ Author Information: Harriett Boultwood, At the Circulating Library: A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837-1901. Accessed 7 April 2020.
External links
[edit]- Works by Emma Leslie at Project Gutenberg
- Works by Emma Leslie at Faded Page (Canada)
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