English books from Guyana
Recommended English books written by authors from Guyana (11)
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If you speak English here are some English books from Guyana for the next part of the "Read Around The World Challenge".
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Viviette by William J. Locke EN
Country: South America / Guyana
Guyana
Description:
William John Locke (1863-1930) was a novelist, short story writer, and playwright. Educated in Trinidad and at Cambridge, he entered on a career as a teacher in 1890, but disliked it; in 1897 he became secretary of the Royal Institute of British Architects, a post he held for a decade. In 1894 he published his first novel, At the Gate of Samaria (1894), but he did not achieve real success for another decade, with The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne (1905) and The Beloved Vagabond (1906). Chambers Biographical Dictionary wrote of his "long series of novels and plays which with their charmingly written... continue