author
B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
1833–1903
A hugely prolific Victorian storyteller, he turned experiences in Australia and New Zealand into popular novels, plays, and journalism. His career spanned adventure, mystery, social drama, and Christmas fiction, making him a familiar name to 19th-century readers.
29 Audiobooks
A Fair Jewess
by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
London's Heart: A Novel
by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
The Betrayal of John Fordham
by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
Aaron the Jew: A Novel
by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
Miser Farebrother: A Novel (vol. 2 of 3)
by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
A Secret Inheritance (Volume 3 of 3)
by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
The Nine of Hearts: A Novel
by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
The Last Tenant
by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
A Secret Inheritance (Volume 1 of 3)
by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
The Duchess of Rosemary Lane: A Novel
by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
A Secret Inheritance (Volume 2 of 3)
by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
Miser Farebrother: A Novel (vol. 1 of 3)
by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
Jessie Trim
by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
The Mystery of M. Felix
by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
Great Porter Square: A Mystery. v. 3
by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
Miser Farebrother: A Novel (vol. 3 of 3)
by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
The House of the White Shadows
by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
Joshua Marvel
by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
At the Sign of the Silver Flagon
by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
Great Porter Square: A Mystery. v. 2
by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
Blade-O'-Grass. Golden Grain. and Bread and Cheese and Kisses.
by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
Great Porter Square: A Mystery. v. 1
by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
Grif: A Story of Australian Life
by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
The Shield of Love
by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
Devlin the Barber
by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
Self-Doomed: A Novel
by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
Toilers of Babylon: A Novel
by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
Basil and Annette: A Novel
by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
Samuel Boyd of Catchpole Square: A Mystery
by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
About the author
Born in London on 12 May 1838, Benjamin Leopold Farjeon became known as a novelist, playwright, printer, and journalist with an unusually large body of work. He spent part of his early career in the southern hemisphere, working first in Australia and then in New Zealand, where he was connected with the Otago Daily Times.
Those colonial years fed directly into his fiction. After returning to London in 1869, he devoted himself to literature and published widely, building a reputation for energetic, readable stories that often mixed sentiment, suspense, and vivid social observation. He was especially admired in his day for his sheer productivity.
Farjeon died in Hampstead on 23 July 1903. He is also remembered as part of a notably literary family: his daughter was the celebrated writer Eleanor Farjeon.