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James Roberts Pears

A Victorian writer with a taste for adventure and speculation, he published boys' fiction, imperial tales, and early science-fiction stories. His work now feels like a window into the ambitions and anxieties of late 19th-century popular literature.

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A Reply to Dr. Vaughan's "Letter on the Late Post-Office Agitation"

A Reply to Dr. Vaughan's "Letter on the Late Post-Office Agitation"

by James Roberts Pears

About the author

James Roberts Pears was a British author born in 1835 and died in 1912. He wrote a wide range of popular fiction, including adventure stories for younger readers and works that crossed into early science fiction.

He is remembered in particular for tales such as The Story of Marcoff: A Russian Idyll, and reference works on speculative fiction also note him for contributing to the imaginative literature of his time. His writing reflects many of the themes that drew Victorian readers: travel, danger, invention, and the wider world beyond Britain.

Although he is not as widely known today as some of his contemporaries, Pears remains of interest to readers who enjoy rediscovering overlooked 19th-century authors and the rich mix of adventure and fantasy found in period fiction.