author
W. (William) Kenrick
d. 1779
An 18th-century English writer with a sharp tongue, he moved through the worlds of novels, plays, translation, and criticism with restless energy. His career was lively and often combative, making him a memorable figure in London literary life.
1 Audiobook
Love in the Suds: a Town Eclogue. Being the Lamentation of Roscius for the Loss of His Nyky.
by W. (William) Kenrick
About the author
Born around 1725 and dying on June 10, 1779, William Kenrick was an English novelist, playwright, translator, and satirist. He built a reputation as a versatile man of letters, but also as a quarrelsome one, often attacking or mocking fellow writers in print.
Kenrick worked across several forms, from fiction and drama to journalism and translation. That range helped him make a living in the busy literary culture of 18th-century London, where he became known as a prolific and sometimes controversial presence.
He is remembered not only for what he wrote, but for the pugnacious style with which he pursued literary debate. For listeners interested in the rough-and-tumble world of Georgian authorship, Kenrick offers a vivid glimpse of a period when writing could be both an art and a public contest.