Walter Besant began to publish novels in the early 1870s and by the 1880s had established himself as one of the most popular and prolific novelists in England. He was also known for the short fiction ...
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Walter Besant began publishing novels in the early 1870s, and when the death of Queen Victoria in 1901 ushered in a new century, his death that same year signaled the demise of his immense popularity ...
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Sir Walter Besant