author
George Manville Fenn
1831–1909
Best known for lively adventure stories, this Victorian writer also worked as a teacher, journalist, and editor before turning his energy to fiction. His books often mix action, curiosity, and a strong sense of place, which helped make him a popular author for younger readers.
130 Audiobooks
Cormorant Crag: A Tale of the Smuggling Days
by George Manville Fenn
Through Forest and Stream: The Quest of the Quetzal
by George Manville Fenn
Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea
by George Manville Fenn
The Weathercock: Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias
by George Manville Fenn
Quicksilver: The Boy With No Skid to His Wheel
by George Manville Fenn
Burr Junior
by George Manville Fenn
Diamond Dyke The Lone Farm on the Veldt - Story of South African Adventure
by George Manville Fenn
Brownsmith's Boy: A Romance in a Garden
by George Manville Fenn
The Parson O' Dumford
by George Manville Fenn
Old Gold: The Cruise of the "Jason" Brig
by George Manville Fenn
Cutlass and Cudgel
by George Manville Fenn
The Crystal Hunters: A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps
by George Manville Fenn
The Adventures of Don Lavington: Nolens Volens
by George Manville Fenn
Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites
by George Manville Fenn
Fix Bay'nets: The Regiment in the Hills
by George Manville Fenn
Fire Island Being the Adventures of Uncertain Naturalists in an Unknown Track
by George Manville Fenn
Crown and Sceptre: A West Country Story
by George Manville Fenn
Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer
by George Manville Fenn
Dutch the Diver; Or, A Man's Mistake
by George Manville Fenn
Nic Revel: A White Slave's Adventures in Alligator Land
by George Manville Fenn
The Queen's Scarlet The Adventures and Misadventures of Sir Richard Frayne
by George Manville Fenn
Will of the Mill
by George Manville Fenn
Jack at Sea: All Work and No Play Made Him a Dull Boy
by George Manville Fenn
Blue Jackets: The Log of the Teaser
by George Manville Fenn
To The West
by George Manville Fenn
Three Boys; Or, The Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai
by George Manville Fenn
Sweet Mace: A Sussex Legend of the Iron Times
by George Manville Fenn
Eli's Children: The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family
by George Manville Fenn
The Lost Middy: Being the Secret of the Smugglers' Gap
by George Manville Fenn
A Little World
by George Manville Fenn
King o' the Beach: A Tropic Tale
by George Manville Fenn
Glyn Severn's Schooldays
by George Manville Fenn
This Man's Wife
by George Manville Fenn
Devon Boys: A Tale of the North Shore
by George Manville Fenn
In the Mahdi's Grasp
by George Manville Fenn
Middy and Ensign
by George Manville Fenn
Young Robin Hood
by George Manville Fenn
Nat the Naturalist: A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas
by George Manville Fenn
Cursed by a Fortune
by George Manville Fenn
Begumbagh: A Tale of the Indian Mutiny
by George Manville Fenn
Brave and True Short stories for children by G. M. Fenn and Others
by George Manville Fenn
Dick o' the Fens: A Tale of the Great East Swamp
by George Manville Fenn
Gil the Gunner: The Youngest Officer in the East
by George Manville Fenn
!Tention: A Story of Boy-Life during the Peninsular War
by George Manville Fenn
Menhardoc
by George Manville Fenn
Syd Belton: The Boy Who Would Not Go to Sea
by George Manville Fenn
Trapped by Malays: A Tale of Bayonet and Kris
by George Manville Fenn
In Honour's Cause: A Tale of the Days of George the First
by George Manville Fenn
A Terrible Coward
by George Manville Fenn
Steve Young
by George Manville Fenn
In the King's Name: The Cruise of the "Kestrel"
by George Manville Fenn
Adventures of Working Men. From the Notebook of a Working Surgeon
by George Manville Fenn
Draw Swords! In the Horse Artillery
by George Manville Fenn
Fitz the Filibuster
by George Manville Fenn
The Dark House: A Knot Unravelled
by George Manville Fenn
Featherland: How the Birds lived at Greenlawn
by George Manville Fenn
George Alfred Henty: The Story of an Active Life
by George Manville Fenn
Seven Frozen Sailors
by George Manville Fenn
The Haute Noblesse: A Novel
by George Manville Fenn
The golden story book
by L. L. (Lucy L.) Weedon, Sheila Braine, May Byron, Evelyn Everett-Green, George Manville Fenn, Lilian Gask, G. R. (Geraldine Robertson) Glasgow, G. A. (George Alfred) Henty, D. H. Parry
Mass' George: A Boy's Adventures in the Old Savannah
by George Manville Fenn
Yussuf the Guide; Or, the Mountain Bandits Being a Story of Strange Adventure in Asia Minor
by George Manville Fenn
The Young Castellan: A Tale of the English Civil War
by George Manville Fenn
To Win or to Die: A Tale of the Klondike Gold Craze
by George Manville Fenn
The Dingo Boys: The Squatters of Wallaby Range
by George Manville Fenn
The Vicar's People
by George Manville Fenn
The Rajah of Dah
by George Manville Fenn
Our Soldier Boy
by George Manville Fenn
Patience Wins: War in the Works
by George Manville Fenn
Bunyip Land: A Story of Adventure in New Guinea
by George Manville Fenn
Christmas Penny Readings: Original Sketches for the Season
by George Manville Fenn
Marcus: the Young Centurion
by George Manville Fenn
A Young Hero
by George Manville Fenn
First in the Field: A Story of New South Wales
by George Manville Fenn
A Dash from Diamond City
by George Manville Fenn
Mother Carey's Chicken: Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle
by George Manville Fenn
A Fluttered Dovecote
by George Manville Fenn
Witness to the Deed
by George Manville Fenn
The King's Sons
by George Manville Fenn
Sappers and Miners: The Flood beneath the Sea
by George Manville Fenn
Rob Harlow's Adventures: A Story of the Grand Chaco
by George Manville Fenn
Off to the Wilds: Being the Adventures of Two Brothers
by George Manville Fenn
Hunting the Skipper: The Cruise of the "Seafowl" Sloop
by George Manville Fenn
The Story of Antony Grace
by George Manville Fenn
A Life's Eclipse
by George Manville Fenn
The Silver Canyon: A Tale of the Western Plains
by George Manville Fenn
The Kopje Garrison: A Story of the Boer War
by George Manville Fenn
The New Mistress: A Tale
by George Manville Fenn
The Black Tor: A Tale of the Reign of James the First
by George Manville Fenn
The Ocean Cat's Paw: The Story of a Strange Cruise
by George Manville Fenn
The Vast Abyss The Story of Tom Blount, his Uncles and his Cousin Sam
by George Manville Fenn
The Man with a Shadow
by George Manville Fenn
The Peril Finders
by George Manville Fenn
The Little Skipper: A Son of a Sailor
by George Manville Fenn
The Black Bar
by George Manville Fenn
The Bag of Diamonds
by George Manville Fenn
The Sapphire Cross
by George Manville Fenn
The Master of the Ceremonies
by George Manville Fenn
The New Forest Spy
by George Manville Fenn
The Powder Monkey
by George Manville Fenn
About the author
Born in Pimlico, London, on January 3, 1831, George Manville Fenn became one of the most prolific English writers of his time. Before devoting himself fully to literature, he worked in education and journalism, experiences that gave his writing a practical, observant feel.
Fenn wrote novels, magazine pieces, and editorial work, and he is especially remembered for adventure fiction aimed at young readers. His stories often draw on travel, the sea, and the landscapes of Britain and the wider empire, combining brisk storytelling with an eye for detail.
He died in Isleworth on August 26, 1909. Even now, he stands out as a remarkably industrious Victorian author whose tales of exploration and danger still capture the spirit of classic boys' adventure fiction.