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William Harrison Ainsworth ( Manchester, 4 febbraio 1805 – Reigate, 3 gennaio 1882) è stato uno scrittore e giornalista inglese .
William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 – 3 January 1882) was an English historical novelist born at King Street in Manchester. He trained as a lawyer, but the legal profession held no attraction for him.
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William Harrison Ainsworth was an English author of popular historical romances. Ainsworth initially studied law but left it for literature, publishing his first novel anonymously in 1826. His first success came with the novel Rookwood (1834), featuring the highwayman Dick Turpin, which led many.
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AINSWORTH, William Harrison. Romanziere popolare inglese, nato a Manchesier nel 1805, morto a Reigate nel 1882. Volle prima far l'editore; ma poi, incoraggiato dal benevolo giudizio dato da Walter Scott del Sir John Chilverton (1826), cercò - e trovò - la sua fortuna nello scriver romanzi.
Today, Ainsworth, whose narrative style reminds one of Sir Walter Scott 's, is chiefly remembered for popularizing the story of the highwayman Dick Turpin in Rookwood (1834) and the legend of Herne the Hunter in Windsor Castle (1843).
Ainsworth, William Harrison. Enciclopedia on line. Romanziere (Manchester 1805 - Reigate 1882). Scrisse, nella scia di W. Scott, 39 romanzi di solito storici.
This is a list of works by the English historical novelist William Harrison Ainsworth (1805–1882).
