Lewis Melville
Lewis Saul Benjamin (pen name, Lewis Melville; 1874–1932) was an English author, born into a Jewish family[1] in London, England and educated privately in England and Germany. From 1896 to 1901 he was known as an actor, though part of his time even then was devoted to literature. His publications include:
- The Life of William Makepeace Thackeray (two volumes, 1899)
- 20 vol. edition of Thackeray's works (editor, 1901–07)
- In the World of Mimes: A Theatrical Novel (1902)
- The Thackeray Country (1905)
- Victorian Novelists (1906)
- The First Gentleman of England (two volumes, 1906)
- Bath under Beau Nash (1907)
- The Beau of the Regency (1908)
- King Edward VII: His Life & Reign. The Record of a Noble Career (six volumes, 1910; with Edgar Sanderson)
- The Life and Letters of Laurence Sterne (two volumes, 1911; American edition, 1912)
- The Life and Letters of William Cobbett (two volumes, 1912; American edition, 1913)
- The Life and Writings of Philip, Duke of Wharton (1913)[2]
- Trial of the Duchess of Kingston (editor, 1927) Notable British Trials series
References
- ↑ William D. Rubinstein, Michael Jolles, Hilary L. Rubinstein, The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History, Palgrave Macmillan (2011), p. 74
- ↑ "The life and writings of Philip, Duke of Wharton (1913)". Open Library.
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- Jewish English writers
- English book editors
- 20th-century English novelists
- English non-fiction writers
- English male stage actors
- 1874 births
- 1932 deaths
- 20th-century English male novelists
- English male biographers
- 20th-century English biographers
- Writers from London
- 19th-century English male actors
- 20th-century English male actors
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