John de Lancaster (novel)

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John de Lancaster
AuthorRichard Cumberland
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
PublisherLackington, Allen, & Co.
Publication date
1809
Media typePrint

John de Lancaster is a three volume novel by the British writer Richard Cumberland, first published in 1809.[1] [2] Cumberland, better known as a playwright, also produced three novels of which this was the last. It was published in London by Lackington, Allen, & Co. of Finsbury Square. Walter Scott wrote a review of the novel in the Quarterly Review.[3] It was one of his final works, and two years later he died and was buried in Westminster Abbey.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Day & Lynch p.379
  2. ^ The English Novel, 1770-1829 p.294
  3. ^ Williams p.152

Bibliography[edit]

  • Day, Gary & Lynch, Jack. The Encyclopedia of British Literature, 3 Volume Set: 1660 - 1789. John Wiley & Sons, 2015.
  • Garside, Peter, Raven, James & Schöwerling, Rainer. The English Novel, 1770-1829. Oxford University Press, 2000.
  • Watson, George. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: Volume 2, 1660–1800. Cambridge University Press, 1971.
  • Williams, Ioan (ed.) Sir Walter Scott on Novelists and Fiction. Routledge, 2010.