Agnes E. Jacomb
English novelist
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| Intro | English novelist | |
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain England | |
| was | Writer Novelist | |
| Work field | Literature | |
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| Birth | 1866 | |
| Death | 1 January 1949 (aged 83 years) |
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Agnes E. Jacomb, pseud: Agnes Elizabeth Jacomb-Hood (1866–1949) was an English novelist, born in London. She began her literary career by winning the 250-guinea prize in the Melrose First Novel Competition with The Faith of His Fathers: A Story of Some Idealists (1909). The novel was a commercial as well as a literary success. Her other novels include Johnny Lewison (1909), The Lonely Road (1911), Esther (1912 and The Fruits of the Morrow (1914).