author
Lewis Hough
A Victorian soldier-turned-writer whose adventure stories drew on military life, schoolboy fiction, and the imperial world of the late 19th century. His books mix action with a strong sense of duty and character.
2 Audiobooks
Dr. Jolliffe's Boys
by Lewis Hough
For Fortune and Glory: A Story of the Soudan War
by Lewis Hough
About the author
Born on March 6, 1829, Lewis Hough was the son of the Rev. James Hough, a chaplain to the East India Company in Madras who later became curate of Ham. He was educated at Eton and at Cambridge, taking a B.A. in 1852 and an M.A. in 1857.
Hough served in the army and later wrote fiction, including William Bathurst as well as boys' books such as Dr. Jolliffe's Boys and For Fortune and Glory: A Story of the Soudan War. His work belongs to the rich tradition of Victorian popular fiction, especially stories of school life and imperial adventure.
He died in 1909. Although he is not widely known today, his books have remained of interest through public-domain libraries and reprints, where readers can still discover his brisk, old-fashioned storytelling.