← William de MorganJoseph Vanceby William de MorganNovel tracing an engineer's life from poverty to success in Victorian EnglandFind 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 MorganAlice-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→