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G. M. George
An elusive early 20th-century writer, remembered today for Plain Jane, a small illustrated book for children first published in 1903. Very little biographical detail seems to survive, which gives the work an old storybook mystery of its own.
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Plain Jane
by G. M. George
About the author
G. M. George is known from surviving catalog records and digital library listings as the author of Plain Jane, a children's book published in London by Grant Richards in 1903 and illustrated by G. M. C. Fry.
Because reliable biographical information about the author is scarce, it is difficult to say much with confidence about George's life beyond that published work. Modern readers are most likely to encounter the name through library catalogs, Project Gutenberg, and reprints that have helped keep Plain Jane available.
That makes G. M. George one of those authors who lives on mainly through a single surviving book: a reminder of how many once-familiar children's writers have faded from view, even while their work continues to circulate.