James Rice
English novelist

James Rice

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English novelist
A.K.A.
Samuel James Rice
Gender:
Male
Places:
United KingdomGreat BritainEngland
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WriterNovelist
Work field:
Literature
Birth:
26 September 1843(Northampton, United Kingdom)
Death:
26 April 1882(Redhill, United Kingdom)
Star sign:
Libra
Education:
Queens' College
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James Rice (26 September 1843 – 26 April 1882), English novelist, wrote a number of successful novels in collaboration with Walter Besant.

He was born in Northampton, and was educated at Cambridge University.He studied law, becoming a lawyer of Lincolns Inn in 1871.

In 1868 he bought the publication Once a Week. It was loss-making, but made him acquainted with Besant. Together they had a successful collaboration, ended by Rice's death. He died in Redhill.

Works, all with Walter Besant

  • Ready-money Mortiboy (1872)
  • My Little Girl (1873)
  • With Harp and Crown (1874)
  • This Son of Vulcan (1876)
  • The Golden Butterfly (1876)
  • The Case of Mr Lucraft (1876) stories
  • The Monks of Thelema (1878)
  • By Celia's Arbour (1878)
  • 'Twas in Trafalgar's Bay (1879) stories
  • The Seamy Side (1880)
  • The Chaplain of the Fleet (1881)
  • Sir Richard Whittington (1881)
  • All Sorts and Conditions of Men, An Impossible Story
  • The Ten Years Tenant (1881) stories