author
E. W. (Edmund William) Forrest
d. 1880
Best known for adventure fiction with a historical bend, this 19th-century writer published tales of hardship, conflict, and perseverance. His surviving books suggest a storyteller drawn to dramatic settings and eventful lives.
1 Audiobook
Vellenaux A Novel
by E. W. (Edmund William) Forrest
About the author
Very little biographical information about this author is easy to confirm online, but library and archive records identify him as Edmund William Forrest, with a death year of 1880.
He is associated with at least two known works: Ned Fortescue; or, Roughing It Through Life: A Story Founded on Fact (1869) and Vellenaux: A Novel (1874). Catalog and digitized-book records show that these works circulated in Canada, with editions published in Ottawa, Toronto, and Saint John, New Brunswick.
Based on those books, Forrest appears to have written popular 19th-century fiction that mixed adventure, hardship, and historical material. Because reliable personal details are scarce, it is safest to remember him through the works themselves rather than through a well-documented life story.