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Alice Somerton
A little-known Victorian novelist whose surviving record is thin, she left behind a small cluster of moral and historical tales that still intrigue readers today. Her books suggest a writer drawn to faith, family struggle, and the emotional stakes of redemption.
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The Torn Bible; Or, Hubert's Best Friend
by Alice Somerton
About the author
Very little can be confirmed about Alice Somerton herself. Reliable library and bibliographic sources describe her as a Victorian writer whose birth and death dates are unknown, and note that she was living in Altrincham in 1862.
The small body of work linked to her includes Oeland: A Thread of Life (1856), Ida: or, The Last Struggles of the Welsh for Independence (1858), The Torn Bible (1862), and Layton Croft: or, The Story of a Prodigal (1882). Even from the titles alone, her fiction seems to range from historical storytelling to explicitly moral and religious themes.
Because so little biographical information survives, Somerton remains a somewhat shadowy figure. That mystery is part of her appeal: she is remembered less through documented personal history than through the novels she left behind.