Of the many books by Sabine Baring-Gould, only six are collections of short fiction, not counting his volumes of fairy tales and other stories for children. He wrote far more novels (around thirty-fiv...
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If magnitude and variety of production were all that counted, the Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould would rank among the world's greatest authors. He wrote or contributed to well over one hundred books. Th...
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In the following essay, the critic determines that the stories collected in Curious Myths of the Middle Ages are arbitrarily selected.
Mr. Grote, in the highly instructive chapter in his History of Gr...
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In the following essay, the author of Peter Pan assesses Baring-Gould as one of the finest contemporary novelists, while finding disparaging and unrealistic his depictions of the poor.
Sympathy is the...
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In the following essay, first published in 1923, Ellis favorably reviews Baring-Gould's Early Reminiscences, 1834-1864.
The Rev. S. Baring-Gould has much to be thankful for. He has lived, at th...
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In the following excerpt, Powys reviews Baring-Gould's Early Reminiscences, and determines that much of the memories recounted are unrefined and crude.
S. Baring-Gould, parson and squire of Le...
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In the following excerpt, Addison relies on the memories of the Reverend F. G. S. Nicolle to discuss the habits and personality of Baring-Gould.
Few men can have had the good things of this life besto...
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In the following excerpt, Hyde compares Baring-Gould's pastoral novels to Thomas Hardy's Devonshire novels, and determines that Baring-Gould is to be commended for his largely unsuccessf...
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In the following excerpt, Sutton defends his argument that Baring-Gould's novels Mehalah and Red Spider served as influences for Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles.
Despite ...
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In the following excerpt, Roberts discusses biographical details of Baring-Gould's life, and gives a brief descriptive overview of his varied literary career.
Writing in 1890, Sir James M. Barr...
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Sabine Baring-Gould
