← William de MorganAlice-for-Shortby William de MorganNovel of a young orphan girl finding her place in Edwardian societyFind on Amazon↗About the authorWilliam de MorganDe 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.More by William de MorganJoseph VanceNovel tracing an engineer's life from poverty to success in Victorian England→Somehow GoodNovel exploring redemption and moral transformation through unexpected kindness→It Never Can Happen Again→An Affair of Dishonour→