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Edgar Fawcett
1847–1923
Best known for sharp, society-minded novels of New York life, this prolific 19th-century American writer also worked as a poet, essayist, and critic. His fiction often turns a close, observant eye on ambition, manners, and the social world of his time.
4 Audiobooks
Some Reminiscences of old Victoria
by Edgar Fawcett
Eleven Possible Cases
by Edgar Fawcett, Franklin Fyles, Anna Katharine Green, Henry Harland, Ingersoll Lockwood, Joaquin Miller, Kirk Munroe, Brainard Gardner Smith, Frank R. Stockton, Maurice Thompson, A. C. (Andrew Carpenter) Wheeler
The Adventures of a Widow: A Novel
by Edgar Fawcett
An Ambitious Woman: A Novel
by Edgar Fawcett
About the author
Born in New York City in 1847, Edgar Fawcett built a wide-ranging literary career that included novels, short fiction, poetry, essays, and criticism. He became especially associated with stories of urban American life, and contemporary readers knew him for fiction that explored relationships, status, and the pressures of social ambition.
Fawcett published many works over the course of the late 19th century, including novels such as An Ambitious Woman. His writing was noted for its attention to fashionable society and to the everyday details of the city he knew well, giving his books the feel of close observation rather than distant romance.
He died in 1923. Although he is not as widely read now as some of his contemporaries, his work remains of interest to readers who enjoy forgotten American fiction and vivid portraits of Gilded Age-era manners and city life.