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Frank Barrett
1848–1926
A prolific Victorian novelist, he wrote adventure stories, sensation fiction, mysteries, and even early science-fiction tales. Publishing under the name Frank Barrett, he built a long career that stretched from the 1870s into the early 20th century.
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About the author
Born Frank Davis and writing as Frank Barrett, he was a British novelist whose work appeared steadily from the Victorian period into the early 1900s. Reference sources consistently describe him as a remarkably productive writer, with dozens of novels to his name.
His fiction ranged widely across popular genres of the day, including adventure, mystery, and sensation fiction. He is also remembered for works with speculative elements, which is why he appears in science-fiction reference sources as well as general literary listings.
Some catalog and library records list him as 1848–1926, while other literary reference sources give circa 1845–1926. Because the surviving sources are not fully consistent on his birth year, it is safest to say that he was an English author active from the late 19th century into the early 20th century.