His first novel, Yeast, dealt with the rural poor, while his second, Alton Locke, focused on a tailor and poet who became a leader of the Chartists.
His first novel, Yeast, dealt with the rural poor, while his second, Alton Locke, focused on a tailor and poet who became a leader of the Chartists. His Hereward the Wake, set during the Norman Conquest, showed his anti-Catholic bias, which was also reflected in the attack this Anglican priest from Eversley made on Cardinal Newman, who was prompted to write his Apologia pro vita sua in response. FTP, identify this Victorian writer, whose better known works include Hypatia, The Water-Babies, and Westward Ho!
His first novel, Yeast, dealt with the rural poor, while his second, Alton Locke, focused on a tailor and poet who became a leader of the Chartists.
Charles {Kingsley}