author
E. C. (Edith C.) Kenyon
A prolific British writer of late Victorian and early 20th-century fiction, she published dozens of novels and stories for younger readers, often mixing adventure with strong moral themes. Her books range from school and family tales to historical sketches and biographies for children.
2 Audiobooks
Lost in the backwoods
by E. C. (Edith C.) Kenyon
Love's Golden Thread
by E. C. (Edith C.) Kenyon
About the author
Edith C. Kenyon, also known as Edith Caroline Kenyon, was a British novelist born in 1854 and died in 1925. Public-domain library records and authority listings identify her as a long-active author whose work appeared steadily from the 1880s into the early 20th century.
Her bibliography is remarkably wide-ranging. Listings on Wikisource and Victorian fiction reference pages show novels and story collections such as The Heroine of Brookleigh, Lost in the Backwoods, The Squire of Lonsdale, and A Girl in a Thousand, along with nonfiction for younger readers including a life of John Wesley and a book on Thomas Alva Edison.
Kenyon seems to have written with young readers and families in mind, especially in books that combine courage, duty, faith, and perseverance with lively plots. Even from surviving title lists alone, her work gives a clear sense of an energetic author who was part of the rich world of popular British juvenile and family reading.