William de Morgan
De Morgan was a Pre-Raphaelite craftsman who turned to novel-writing at sixty and produced a series of sprawling, Dickensian novels of Victorian London life that were immediately popular. Joseph Vance is his finest work.
Works
- Joseph VanceNovel tracing an engineer's life from poverty to success in Victorian England
- Alice-for-ShortNovel of a young orphan girl finding her place in Edwardian society
- Somehow GoodNovel exploring redemption and moral transformation through unexpected kindness
- It Never Can Happen Again
- An Affair of Dishonour