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Mrs. C. J. Newby
A Victorian novelist who wrote domestic and social fiction under the name Mrs. C. J. Newby, she is now best remembered through novels like Kate Kennedy and Common Sense.
3 Audiobooks
Mabel: A Novel. Vol. 2 (of 3)
by Mrs. C. J. Newby
Mabel: A Novel. Vol. 1 (of 3)
by Mrs. C. J. Newby
Mabel: A Novel. Vol. 3 (of 3)
by Mrs. C. J. Newby
About the author
Emma Newby was an English novelist who usually published as Mrs. C. J. Newby. Sources consulted identify her as Emma Newby, note that she was the daughter of Henry Barry, and record that she also wrote under the name Emma Warburton.
Library and bibliographic records link the Mrs. C. J. Newby name to novels including Kate Kennedy, Common Sense, Married: A Tale, and Forty Years Ago. The surviving records suggest a writer of mid-Victorian fiction with a steady interest in family life, social behavior, and the pressures of everyday respectability.
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