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Ernest Rhys

17 July 1859 - 25 May 1946

Ernest Percival Rhys, born in Islington in north London, was a Welsh-English writer and editor, best known for his role as founding editor of the Everyman's Library series of affordable classics. When Rhys died in London on 25 May 1946, 983 Everyman titles had been produced. He wrote essays, stories, poetry, novels and plays.

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  • Cover of: Lyric Poetry

    First published in 1913 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The Arthurian Tales: The Greatest of Romances Which Recount the Noble and Valorous Deeds of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

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  • Cover of: Songs from the plays of Shakespeare

    First published in 1898 3 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition songsfromplaysof00shakrich Cover of edition songsfromplayss00rhysgoog
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  • Cover of: A London rose, and other rhymes

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  • Cover of: A new book of sense & nonsense

    First published in 1928 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Letters from Limbo: with 63 reproductions of letters

    First published in 1936 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The leaf burners, and other poems

    First published in 1918 3 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition leafburnersother00rhysrich Cover of edition leafburnersother00rhysuoft
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  • Cover of: The prelude to poetry: the English poets in the defence and praise of their own art.

    First published in 1927 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The South Wales coast from Chepstow to Aberystwyth

    First published in 1911 3 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition southwalescoastf00rhysiala Cover of edition southwalescoastf00rhys
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  • Cover of: Everyman's Library: the High History of the Holy Graal Translated From the Old French By Sebastian Evans

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  • Cover of: The Golden Treasury of Longer Poems: Selected Edited

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  • Cover of: British orations: From Ethelbert to Churchill

    First published in 1969 2 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Fall of the House of Usher, and Other Tales and Prose Writings of Edgar Allan Poe

    First published in 1889 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The reader's guide to Everyman's library: being a catalogue of the first 888 volumes

    First published in 1932 2 editions in 1 language
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    First published in 2021 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: A century of English essays

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    First published in 1914 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Lays of the round table: and other lyric romances

    First published in 1905 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Subjects
History and criticism, English poetry, Poetry, Biography, English literature, English essays, Short stories, Authors, Bengali Authors, Collections, Description and travel, Detective and mystery stories, English Bible plays, English Fairy tales, English Moralities, English drama, English poetry (Collections), Fairy tales, Fiction, Folklore, Mysteries and miracle-plays, English, Nonsense verses, Translations into English, Welsh poetry, World War, 1914-1918
Places
England, Wales, Eton College, Great Britain, Heaven, Lofoten, New York, Norway, Oxford, Paris, Rome, University of Oxford, Valley of the Many-Colored Grass
People
Ethelred, Frederic Leighton Leighton of Stretton Baron (1830-1896), Madeline Usher, Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Roderick Usher, C. Auguste Dupin, David Saint (6th cent), Eleonora, Ermengarde, Ernest Rhys (1859-1946), Fortunato, Frederick Leighton Leighton of Stretton Baron (1830-1896), Frederick Leighton Lord, Jonas Danilssønn Ramus, Lady Fortunato, Luchresi, Minister D—, Montresor, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Landor, Mrs. Ellison, Prince Prospero, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Robert Browning (1812-1889), Robert Browning (1812-1889,)
Time
19th century, To 1500, 20th century, Carnival

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Alternative names

  • Rhys, Ernest
  • Rhys Ernest 1859-1946
  • Ernest 1859-1946 Ed Rhys
  • Edited by Ernest Rhys
  • Rhys
  • Ernest Ernest Rhys
  • Ernest rhys
  • Rhys Ernest

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November 12, 2023 Edited by OnFrATa cleaned pseudonyms
November 12, 2023 Edited by OnFrATa merge authors
October 31, 2023 Edited by Marla Added bio; updated birth/death dates
October 31, 2023 Edited by Marla Added new photo
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import