Harold Frederic (Author of The Damnation of Theron Ware)

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Harold Frederic

Born

in Utica, New York, The United States

August 19, 1856

Died

October 19, 1898

Genre

Fiction

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Frederic was born in Utica, New York, to Presbyterian parents. After his father was killed in a train accident when Frederic was 18 months old, the boy was raised primarily by his mother. He finished school at fifteen, and soon began work as a photographer. For four years he was a photographic touch-up artist in his hometown and in Boston. In 1875 he began work as a proofreader for the Utica Herald and then the Utica Daily Observer. Frederic later became a reporter, and by 1882 he was editor of the Albany Evening Journal.

Two years later he went to live in England as London correspondent of the New York Times. He retained this job for the rest of his life. He was soon recognized for his ability both as a writer and as a talker. He wrote seve ...more

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	The Damnation of Theron Ware: Or Illumination 3.77 avg rating — 1,039 ratings — published 1894 — 332 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Copperhead 3.32 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1893 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Valley 3.81 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1890 — 146 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Market-Place 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1899	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seth's Brother's Wife 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1887 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Civil War Stories of Harold Frederic 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1992	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The deserter and other stories really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2007 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gloria Mundi (Harold Frederic Edition, Vol 4) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1898 — 64 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Copperhead: Novella and Movie Screenplay by Harold Frederic, Bill Kauffman (Adapted by), Sharon Maxwell (Preface) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I am in love with your sinners,鈥� responded Theron, as he shook hands with Celia, and trusted himself to look fully into her eyes. 鈥淚鈥檝e had five days of the saints, over in another part of the woods, and they鈥檝e bored the head off me.”
― Harold Frederic, The Damnation of Theron Ware: Or Illumination

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“Theron lay awake, it seemed to him, for hours, listening tranquilly, and letting his mind wander at will through the pleasant antechambers of sleep, where are more unreal fantasies than dreamland itself affords.”
― Harold Frederic, The Damnation of Theron Ware

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“Meredith,' interposed Celia, 'makes one of his women, Emilia in England, say that poetry is like talking on tiptoe; like animals in cages, always going to one end and back again.”
― Harold Frederic, The Damnation of Theron Ware: Or Illumination

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