author
William John Locke
1863–1930
A British novelist and playwright with a gift for warm, character-driven storytelling, he was especially admired for witty, humane tales that reached a wide early-20th-century audience. His best-known books include The Beloved Vagabond and The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne.
27 Audiobooks
Viviette
by William John Locke
The Mountebank
by William John Locke
A Christmas Mystery: The Story of Three Wise Men
by William John Locke
The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel
by William John Locke
Jaffery
by William John Locke
Simon the Jester
by William John Locke
The Fortunate Youth
by William John Locke
The White Dove
by William John Locke
At the Gate of Samaria
by William John Locke
Stella Maris
by William John Locke
The Glory of Clementina Wing
by William John Locke
The Wonderful Year
by William John Locke
The Tale of Triona
by William John Locke
The Belovéd Vagabond
by William John Locke
A Study In Shadows
by William John Locke
Far-away Stories
by William John Locke
The Rough Road
by William John Locke
The House of Baltazar
by William John Locke
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol
by William John Locke
The Red Planet
by William John Locke
Idols
by William John Locke
Derelicts
by William John Locke
The Demagogue and Lady Phayre
by William John Locke
Vanhanpojan moraali
by William John Locke
Septimus
by William John Locke
Where Love Is
by William John Locke
The golden journey of Mr. Paradyne
by William John Locke
About the author
Born in British Guiana in 1863 to English parents, William John Locke was educated in Trinidad and later at St John's College, Cambridge. Before turning fully to writing, he worked as a schoolmaster and then served as secretary to the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Locke built his reputation as a novelist, dramatist, and short-story writer in Britain during the late Victorian and Edwardian years. Readers were drawn to his light touch, lively plots, and sympathetic interest in unusual or eccentric people, and several of his works became popular on both page and stage.
He died in 1930, but his fiction still offers a window into the tastes of his era: romantic, clever, and often gently comic, with a strong affection for personality and conversation.