author
Alfred Elwes
d. 1888
A Victorian writer with a gift for both storytelling and scholarship, he wrote lively children's books while also working as a philologist and translator. His work ranges from animal adventures to medieval romance, showing an unusually wide literary reach.
3 Audiobooks
The Adventures of a Cat, and a Fine Cat Too!
by Alfred Elwes
The Adventures of a Dog, and a Good Dog Too
by Alfred Elwes
The Adventures of a Bear, and a Great Bear Too
by Alfred Elwes
About the author
Born in 1819, Alfred Elwes was a 19th-century British author known for children's literature, language study, and translation. He wrote in the Victorian period and built a varied career that joined imaginative storytelling with a serious interest in languages and literature.
Elwes is especially associated with children's books such as The Adventures of a Dog, and a Good Dog Too, The Adventures of a Cat, and a Fine Cat Too!, and The Adventures of a Bear, and a Great Bear Too. Alongside these popular works, he also translated French, Italian, and Portuguese literature into English, and is remembered in particular for bringing the Arthurian romance Jaufry the Knight and the Fair Brunissende to English readers.
That mix of playful fiction and scholarly work makes him a distinctive figure among Victorian writers. He died in 1888, leaving behind books that reflect both a fondness for entertaining young readers and a deep curiosity about language and older literary traditions.