author
Thomas Miller
1807–1874
A self-taught English poet and novelist from a working-class background, he became known for vivid writing about country life and for an astonishingly large body of work. His books range from rural sketches and poems to popular Victorian fiction.
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The Sheep and Lamb
by Thomas Miller
A Walk and a Drive.
by Thomas Miller
History of the Anglo-Saxons, from the Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest Second Edition
by Thomas Miller
Picturesque Sketches of London, Past and Present
by Thomas Miller
Summer Morning: A poem
by Thomas Miller
About the author
Born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, on August 31, 1807, he grew up in poverty and had little formal schooling. Before gaining notice as a writer, he worked as a basket maker, a trade that shaped the image of him as the "basket-maker poet."
He began publishing poetry in the 1830s and went on to build a remarkably productive literary career. He is generally remembered as one of the most prolific working-class English writers of the 19th century, with more than 45 volumes to his name, especially on rural subjects, though he also wrote fiction about city crime and other popular themes.
His writing drew attention from well-known literary supporters in Victorian London, and he eventually made his living through bookselling and authorship. He died in London on October 24, 1874.