author
Thomas Miller
1807–1874
A self-taught English poet and novelist, he wrote vividly about country life, ordinary working people, and the hard edges of nineteenth-century London. His books helped make him one of the most prolific working-class writers of his time.
5 Audiobooks
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 in 1807, Thomas Miller worked as a basket-maker before building a literary career. His background mattered to his writing: he was known for poems, sketches, and novels that drew on rural life and labor rather than fashionable society.
Miller published widely across several kinds of books, including poetry, fiction, children's writing, and pieces about the countryside. He is often described as one of the most prolific English working-class writers of the nineteenth century, with more than 45 volumes to his name.
His career was not especially secure, and he also spent time in London bookselling before turning fully to writing. He died in 1874, leaving behind a body of work that mixed country subjects with urban observation and reached a broad popular readership.