author
George Augustus Sala
1828–1895
A vivid Victorian journalist and storyteller, he built his reputation on lively reporting, sharp commentary, and an eye for the colorful details of everyday life. His work ranged from fiction and travel writing to influential newspaper pieces that made him one of the best-known literary voices of his day.
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The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors...
by George Augustus Sala
The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors...
by George Augustus Sala
Twice round the clock; or, The hours of the day and night in London
by George Augustus Sala
About the author
Born in London on November 24, 1828, George Augustus Henry Fairfield Sala became a prominent English author and journalist during the Victorian era. He wrote for Household Words under Charles Dickens, contributed extensively to the Illustrated London News, and later became especially well known for his writing for The Daily Telegraph.
Sala had a gift for energetic, wide-ranging prose. He wrote novels, essays, travel pieces, and journalism, and he was admired for turning observation into entertaining reading. His career also included founding Sala's Journal, and he helped found the Sydney Savage Club.
He died in Brighton on December 8, 1895. Today he is remembered as a distinctive 19th-century man of letters whose journalism captured the pace, humor, and spectacle of Victorian life.