1. Morley Charles Roberts was an English novelist and short story writer, best known for The Private Life of Henry Maitland.
10 Facts About Morley Roberts
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The next three years were spent in obtaining colonial experience, mostly on sheep stations in New South Wales, and Morley Roberts then returned to London.
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Morley Roberts later travelled in Oceania, Australia, South Africa, amongst other parts of the world.
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Morley Roberts used his experiences freely in his books, the first being The Western Avernus, a travelogue taking place in North America.
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Morley Roberts began his long series of novels and short stories in 1890.
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Morley Roberts wrote essays, biography, drama and verse, and did some competent work in biology.
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Morley Roberts married Alice, daughter of the playwright Angiolo Robson Slous, and died in London aged 84 on 8 June 1942.
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Morley Roberts was only a few years in Australia, but there are many Australian references both in his novels and his short stories.
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Morley Roberts has featured in several articles in The Gissing Journal.
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Victorian Secrets have published a scholarly edition of the Selected Stories of Morley Roberts, edited with an introduction by Markus Neacey.