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Charles W. (Charles William) Wood
Best known as the son of novelist Ellen Wood, he built a literary life of his own as an editor, publisher, novelist, and travel writer. His books on Norway, Germany, and Spain carry the curiosity of a Victorian traveler who liked to turn places into stories.
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Glories of Spain
by Charles W. (Charles William) Wood
About the author
Born in France in 1842, Charles William Wood grew up in a literary household as the son of the novelist Ellen Wood, better known as Mrs. Henry Wood. He became closely involved with her magazine Argosy from an early age and later took over its editorship, continuing the family connection to popular Victorian publishing.
Wood also wrote books of his own. He published the novel Buried Alone in 1869, but he seems to have focused more strongly on travel writing afterward, producing books on Norway, Germany, and Spain. He also wrote a memoir of his mother after her death, which adds another personal thread to his work.
He married Anna Mills in 1870, and sources describe the couple as having six children. Wood died in Eastbourne on January 6, 1919.