James Rice
English novelist
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| Intro | English novelist | |||
| A.K.A. | Samuel James Rice | |||
| A.K.A. | Samuel James Rice | |||
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain England | |||
| was | Writer Novelist | |||
| Work field | Literature | |||
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| Birth | 26 September 1843, Northampton, United Kingdom | |||
| Death | 26 April 1882Redhill, United Kingdom (aged 38 years) | |||
| Star sign | Libra | |||
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Biography
James Rice (26 September 1843 – 26 April 1882), English novelist, wrote a number of successful novels in collaboration with Walter Besant.
He was born in Northampton, and was educated at Cambridge University. He studied law, becoming a lawyer of Lincolns Inn in 1871.
In 1868 he bought the publication Once a Week. It was loss-making, but made him acquainted with Besant. Together they had a successful collaboration, ended by Rice's death. He died in Redhill.
Works, all with Walter Besant
- Ready-money Mortiboy (1872)
- My Little Girl (1873)
- With Harp and Crown (1874)
- This Son of Vulcan (1876)
- The Golden Butterfly (1876)
- The Case of Mr Lucraft (1876) stories
- The Monks of Thelema (1878)
- By Celia's Arbour (1878)
- 'Twas in Trafalgar's Bay (1879) stories
- The Seamy Side (1880)
- The Chaplain of the Fleet (1881)
- Sir Richard Whittington (1881)
- All Sorts and Conditions of Men, An Impossible Story
- The Ten Years Tenant (1881) stories