George Augustus Sala (1828–1895)
Author of Another Round of Stories by the Christmas Fire
About the Author
Disambiguation Notice:
Full name: George Augustus Henry Sala
Image credit: Courtesy of the NYPL Digital Gallery
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Series
Works by George Augustus Sala
William Hogarth: Painter, Engraver, and Philosopher: Essays on the Man, the Work, and the Time (1970) 6 copies
The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... (2008) 5 copies
The Thorough Good Cook: A Series of Chats on the Culinary Art and Nine Hundred Recipes (2012) 3 copies, 1 review
The Complete Captain Dangerous: the Adventures of a Soldier, Sailor, Merchant, Spy, Slave & Bashaw of the Grand Turk (2009) 2 copies
Associated Works
Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated) (2012) — Contributor, some editions — 96 copies
Doré's London: All 180 Images from the Original London Series with Selected Writings (2008) — Contributor — 62 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Sala, George Augustus
- Birthdate
- 1828-11-04
- Date of death
- 1895-12-08
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- journalist
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
- Disambiguation notice
- Full name: George Augustus Henry Sala
- Associated Place (for map)
- England, UK
Members
Reviews
The stories in this book were originally published in 1853 as a special Christmas edition of Dickens's magazine, Household Words, the second such.
Dickens again asked his contributors to provide him with stories that exemplified the spirit of Christmas, rather than being specifically set at Chritmastime. So, the stories and poems are about family ties, affection, overcoming adversity, and murder and ghosts!
There are some good tales here, notably The Old Lady's Story by Eliza Lynn Linton and show more The Squire's Story by Elizabeth Gaskell, but overall this collection is not quite as strong as the first volume, A Round of Stories by the Christmas Fire. Nonetheless, a nice Yuletide read. show less
Dickens again asked his contributors to provide him with stories that exemplified the spirit of Christmas, rather than being specifically set at Chritmastime. So, the stories and poems are about family ties, affection, overcoming adversity, and murder and ghosts!
There are some good tales here, notably The Old Lady's Story by Eliza Lynn Linton and show more The Squire's Story by Elizabeth Gaskell, but overall this collection is not quite as strong as the first volume, A Round of Stories by the Christmas Fire. Nonetheless, a nice Yuletide read. show less
As well as interest in its own right, it includes a great set of contemporary adverts and a wonderful pictorial cover.
The Thorough Good Cook. A Series of Chats on the Culinary Art and Nine Hundred Recipes by George Augustus Sala
350. 1st ed. Large tome and much on food history. George Sala 1857-1957 founded the Savage Club.
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Statistics
- Works
- 27
- Also by
- 6
- Members
- 95
- Popularity
- #197,645
- Rating
- 3.5
- Reviews
- 3
- ISBNs
- 24
