The Autobiography of Christopher Kirkland by Eliza Lynn Linton

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The Atonement of Leam Dundas: A Novel.

The True History of Joshua Davidson, Christian and Communist.

Amymone: A Romance of the Days of Pericles.

References: Nancy Fix Anderson, Woman Against Women in Victorian England: A Life of Eliza Lynn Linton (Indiana University Press, 1987) Black DNB NCBEL Sutherland Skip to main content At the Circulating Library A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901 A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901īiography: Writer.

The Autobiography of Christopher Kirkland by Eliza Lynn Linton