Lewis Saul Benjamin (
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, Lewis Melville; 1874–1932) was an
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author, born into a
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family
[William D. Rubinstein, Michael Jolles, Hilary L. Rubinstein, ''The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History'', Palgrave Macmillan (2011), p. 74] in
London, England
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and educated privately in England and Germany. From 1896 to 1901 he was known as an actor, though part of his time even then was devoted to literature.
His publications include:
* ''In the World of Mimes: A Theatrical Novel'' (1902)
* ''The Thackeray Country'' (1905)
* ''Victorian Novelists'' (1906)
* ''Bath under Beau Nash'' (1907)
* ''The Beau of the Regency'' (1908)
* ''
William Makepeace Thackeray: A Biography'' (1909)
* ''King
Edward VII
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: His Life & Reign. The Record of a Noble Career'' (six volumes, 1910; with
Edgar Sanderson)
* ''The Life and Letters of
Laurence Sterne'' (two volumes, 1911; American edition, 1912)
* ''The Life and Letters of
William Cobbett'' (two volumes, 1912; American edition, 1913)
* An edition of
Thackeray's works (twenty volumes, 1901–07)
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1874 births
1932 deaths
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