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Oliver Madox Hueffer
1876–1931
A witty English novelist, playwright, and war correspondent from a famously artistic family, he wrote lively fiction and journalism in the early 20th century. His life and work linked literary London with the world of newspapers, theater, and wartime reporting.
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The book of witches
by Oliver Madox Hueffer
About the author
Born in Surrey on January 9, 1876, Oliver Madox Hueffer grew up in a remarkably creative family. He was the son of the writer and music critic Francis Hueffer and Catherine Madox Brown, and the brother of novelist Ford Madox Ford. That background placed him close to some of the major artistic and literary circles of his day.
Hueffer built a varied career as an author, playwright, journalist, and war correspondent. He published novels under his own name and also used the pen name Jane Wardle for some of his work. His writing was often noted for its humor and energy, and his professional life moved between fiction, criticism, theater, and the press.
He died in 1931, but his career still offers an interesting window into English literary life in the years before and after the First World War. Though less widely remembered than his brother, he remains a distinctive figure for readers interested in the lively, overlapping worlds of Edwardian literature and journalism.