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Robert Elsmere

by Mary Augusta Ward

Robert Elsmere is a novel by Mrs. Humphry Ward published in 1888. It was immediately successful, quickly selling over a million copies and gaining the admiration of Henry James.

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English

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English

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1888

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Mary Augusta Ward

United Kingdom

Mary Augusta Ward was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward. She worked to improve education for the poor and she became the founding Pr...

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