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Albert Webster
A 19th-century American magazine writer, this Boston-born author built a reputation on short fiction that mixed romance, mystery, and a touch of the gothic. His career was brief, but his stories found homes in some of the era's major literary magazines.
1 Audiobook
Stories by American Authors, Volume 1
by Bayard Taylor, H. C. (Henry Cuyler) Bunner, Rebecca Harding Davis, Brander Matthews, Albert Webster
About the author
Born in Boston in 1848, Albert Falvey Webster was the son of a confectioner and tried several kinds of business before turning seriously to writing. He became known as a contributor to magazines, publishing short stories in Scribner's Monthly, The Atlantic Monthly, and Appletons' Journal.
Webster also published fiction in book form, including collections and novels noted for romantic and sensational themes. Modern readers sometimes remember him for stories with eerie or dramatic elements, which give his work a place on the edge of American gothic popular fiction.
His life was short: he died at sea on December 27, 1876. Even with such a brief career, he left behind a body of work that captures a lively corner of 19th-century magazine storytelling.