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Cyril Bennett
A hard-to-trace Victorian novelist, known today through a small handful of late-19th-century fiction titles. The mystery around the life behind the books gives the name an extra air of curiosity.
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The modern malady : or, Sufferers from "nerves"
by Cyril Bennett
About the author
Very little confirmed biographical information survives for Cyril A. Bennett. Modern reference listings note that the author's birth and death dates are unknown, and even basic life details have not been firmly traced.
What can be confirmed is the published record. Bennett is credited with at least two Victorian novels: The Massage Case (1887) and A Cloud on St. Angelo (1888), both issued in London by T. Fisher Unwin.
That leaves Cyril A. Bennett as one of those intriguing literary figures who now live mostly through their books rather than their documented life story. For readers of Victorian fiction, that obscurity can be part of the appeal.