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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 8 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition lyricpoetry00rhysuoft Cover of edition lyricpoetry00rhysiala
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  • Cover of: Everyman and other medieval miracle and morality plays

    First published in 2012 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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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: Atlas of ancient & classical geography

    First published in 1903 1 edition in 1 language — 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: A century of English essays: Caxton - Belloc

    First published in 1913 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Everyman With Other Interludes Including Eight Miracle Plays

    First published in 2014 1 edition — 1 previewable
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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: Twenty-three stories by twenty and three authors.

    First published in 1924 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The vicar of Wakefield: A Tale

    First published in 1889 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Enid: a lyric play written for music

    First published in 1918 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Garden of Romance: romantic tales of all time

    First published in 1897 4 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition cu31924027759905 Cover of edition gardenromancero01rhysgoog
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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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  • Cover of: A London rose, and other rhymes

    First published in 1894 3 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition cu31924013216597
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  • Cover of: The roar of battle: scenes and episodes of war, with a special chapter on the Siege of Liège, 1914.

    First published in 1920 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Tales from far and near

    First published in 1930 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: A book of nonsense: Edward Lear, Lewis Carroll, etc

    First published in 1927 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Old country: a book of love and praise of England

    First published in 1917 4 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition oldcountrybookof00rhysuoft Cover of edition oldcountryabook00rhysgoog
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  • Cover of: Literary pamphlets chiefly relating to poetry from Sidney to Byron

    First published in 1897 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: A century of English essays: an anthology ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson, & the writers of our own time.

    First published in 1913 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Subjects
English poetry, History and criticism, Poetry, English essays, English literature, Biography, Collections, Description and travel, English Bible plays, English Moralities, English drama, English poetry (Collections), Fairy tales, Fiction, Mysteries and miracle-plays, English, Short stories, World War, 1914-1918, burial vaults, catalepsy, dragons, gothic fiction, hermitages, heroic romances, horror, hysteria
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, Madeline Usher, Roderick Usher, C. Auguste Dupin, Eleonora, Ermengarde, Fortunato, Frederic Leighton Leighton of Stretton Baron (1830-1896), 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, Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Robert Browning (1812-1889), Robert Browning (1812-1889,), Seabright Ellison, William Wilson
Time
To 1500, 19th 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