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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: Emily M. Bryant

Author: Emily M. Bryant (1868–1949)

Alternate Name(s): Grant (married name)

Biography: Emily Mary Bryant was born in 1868 in Alford, Lincolnshire, the daughter of draper Joseph Bryant and his wife Sarah (née Casterton). As a young woman, she wrote several novels aimed at young adult readers. In addition, she wrote a few works about her native Lincolnshire. In 1904, she married bank officer John Henry Grant. She died in 1949 in Crawley.

References: British Census (1871, 1881, 1901, 1911); Lincolnshire Echo (12 September 1949)

Fiction Titles:

  1. "Jack": The Story of a Scapegrace.  1 vol.  London: Partridge, 1897.
  2. Norma: A School Tale.  1 vol.  London: Digby, Long, 1897.
  3. Kittie Lonsdale, and Some Rumsby Folk.  1 vol.  London: Charles H. Kelly, 1898.
  4. Dolly and Syb at Boarding School.  1 vol.  London: Charles H. Kelly, 1898.
  5. The Doings of Denis, and Other Stories.  1 vol.  London: Charles H. Kelly, 1898.
  6. A Little Pair, and What They did.  1 vol.  London: Charles H. Kelly, 1900.
  7. The North Sea Lassie, and Other Stories.  1 vol.  London: Charles H. Kelly, 1900.
  8. The Nine: A Family History.  1 vol.  London: Charles H. Kelly, 1900.