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Edric Glenfield

A shadowy late-19th-century author, remembered today for a single rediscovered novel that mixes social reform, humor, and sympathy for working women in Sydney. Very little personal history survives, which gives the work an unusual air of mystery.

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On Strike, or, Where do the Girls come in?

On Strike, or, Where do the Girls come in?

by Edric Glenfield

About the author

Edric Glenfield is an obscure author associated with On Strike, or, Where do the Girls come in?, a novel published in Sydney in 1890. The book was later preserved by the National Library of Australia and made widely available through Project Gutenberg, which is why Glenfield’s name still appears in library and public-domain records today.

Because reliable biographical information is scarce, it is safest to say only that Glenfield wrote in English and was connected with Australian publishing of the period. On Strike stands out for its interest in labor conditions, women’s work, and social respectability, placing Glenfield among writers who used fiction to engage with the public questions of their time.

No confirmed portrait or fuller life story was available in the sources I could verify, so Glenfield remains a largely unknown figure behind a book that has outlasted its era.