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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Ballads: romantic, fantastical, and humorous By: William Harrison Ainswort and By: James Crichton, illustrated By: John Gilbert

Ballads: romantic, fantastical, and humorous By: William Harrison Ainswort and By: James Crichton, illustrated By: John Gilbert

Gilbert, John
Crichton, James
Ainsworth, William Harrison

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ISBN10: 1546302328
ISBN13: 9781546302322
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Apr 26 2017
Pages: 84
Weight: 0.41
Height: 0.17 Width: 8.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 - 3 January 1882) was an English historical novelist born at King Street in Manchester. He trained as a lawyer, but the legal profession held no attraction for him. While completing his legal studies in London he met the publisher John Ebers, at that time manager of the King's Theatre, Haymarket. Ebers introduced Ainsworth to literary and dramatic circles, and to his daughter, who became Ainsworth's wife. Ainsworth briefly tried the publishing business, but soon gave it up and devoted himself to journalism and literature. His first success as a writer came with Rookwood in 1834, which features Dick Turpin as its leading character. A stream of 39 novels followed, the last of which appeared in 1881. Ainsworth died in Reigate on 3 January 1882. EARLY LIFE: Ainsworth was born on 4 February 1805 in the family house at 21 King Street, Manchester, to Thomas Ainsworth, a prominent Manchester lawyer, and Ann (Harrison) Ainsworth, the daughter of the Rev. Ralph Harrison, the Unitarian minister at Manchester Cross Street Chapel. On 4 October 1806, Ainsworth's brother, Thomas Gilbert Ainsworth, was born. Although the family home was eventually destroyed, it was a three-storey Georgian home in a well-to-do community. The area influenced Ainsworth with its historical and romantic atmosphere, which existed until the community was later replaced by commercial buildings. Besides the community, Ainsworth read romantic works as a child and enjoyed stories dealing with either adventure or supernatural themes. Of these, Dick Turpin was a favourite of Ainsworth. During his childhood, he adopted Jacobean ideas and held Tory ideas in addition to his Jacobite sympathies, even though his community was strict Whig and Nonconformist. During this time, Ainsworth began to write prolifically.... James Crichton, known as the Admirable Crichton (19 August 1560 - 3 July 1582), was a Scottish polymath noted for his extraordinary accomplishments in languages, the arts, and sciences before he was killed at the age of 21.... Sir John Gilbert RA (21 July 1817 - 5 October 1897) was an English artist, illustrator and engraver

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