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{{Short description|British writer (1814–1879)}}
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{{other people||George Reynolds (disambiguation)}}
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[[File:Reynolds Miscellany v1 n1.jpg|thumb|right|250px| Portrait of Reynolds on the first page of the first issue of ''Reynolds's Miscellany'', November 1846, price one penny. The text of the first installment of ''[[Wagner the Wehr-Wolf]]'' begins at the bottom of the page.]]
[[File:Reynolds Miscellany v1 n1.jpg|thumb|right|250px| Portrait of Reynolds on the first page of the first issue of ''Reynolds's Miscellany'', November 1846, price one penny. The text of the first installment of ''[[Wagner the Wehr-Wolf]]'' begins at the bottom of the page.]]
'''George William MacArthur Reynolds''' (23 July 1814 – 19 June 1879) was a [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] fiction writer and journalist.
'''George William MacArthur Reynolds''' (23 July 1814 – 20 June 1879) was a [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] fiction writer and journalist.


Reynolds was born in [[Sandwich, Kent]], the son of Captain Sir George Reynolds, a flag officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. Reynolds was educated first at Dr. Nance's school in [[Ashford, Kent]], and then attended the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst|Royal Military College]], [[Sandhurst, Berkshire|Sandhurst]]. He was intended for a career in the [[British Army]], but his parents died during 1829 and, with his subsequent inheritance, he decided to quit the military and devote himself instead to literary pursuits. He left Sandhurst on 13 September 1830 and for the next few years he traveled a great deal, particularly in France, and became a [[naturalization|naturalised]] French citizen.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01k9t7k "The Other Dickens"], aired on [[BBC Radio 3]], 1 July 2012</ref> He began residence in Paris in 1834, where he started a daily English newspaper. The venture failed, and Reynolds returned bankrupt to England in 1836.
Reynolds was born in [[Sandwich, Kent]], the son of Captain Sir George Reynolds, a flag officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. Reynolds was educated first at Dr. Nance's school in [[Ashford, Kent]], and then attended the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst|Royal Military College]], [[Sandhurst, Berkshire|Sandhurst]]. He was intended for a career in the [[British Army]], but his parents died during 1829 and, with his subsequent inheritance, he decided to quit the military and devote himself instead to literary pursuits. He left Sandhurst on 13 September 1830 and for the next few years he traveled a great deal, particularly in France, and became a [[naturalization|naturalised]] French citizen.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01k9t7k "The Other Dickens"], aired on [[BBC Radio 3]], 1 July 2012</ref> He began residence in Paris in 1834, where he started a daily English newspaper. The venture failed, and Reynolds returned bankrupt to England in 1836.


Reynolds served as editor of ''The Teetotaler'' (a weekly journal advocating [[teetotalism]]) beginning in 1840.<ref>{{cite journal |date= 1840-07-25 |title= The Teetotaler |volume= I |issue= 5 |location= London |publisher= United Temperance Association |editor1-first= George W. M. |editor1-last= Reynolds |editor1-link= George W. M. Reynolds |accessdate= 2011-12-18 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=eABQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP7 |quote= DEVOTED TO TEMPERANCE, LITERATURE, AND SCIENCE. EDITED BY GEORGE W. M. REYNOLDS }}</ref>
Reynolds served as editor of ''The Teetotaler'' (a weekly journal advocating [[teetotalism]]) beginning in 1840.<ref>{{cite journal |date= 25 July 1840 |title= The Teetotaler |volume= I |issue= 5 |location= London |publisher= United Temperance Association |editor1-first= George W. M. |editor1-last= Reynolds |editor1-link= George W. M. Reynolds |access-date= 18 December 2011 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=eABQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP7 |quote= DEVOTED TO TEMPERANCE, LITERATURE, AND SCIENCE. EDITED BY GEORGE W. M. REYNOLDS }}</ref>


==Novels==
==Writing==
Reynolds was a prolific writer of popular fiction starting from ''The Youthful Imposter'', published in 1835 which was then republished later as ''The Parricide; or, The Youth's Career of Crime''. After the publication of his first novel Reynolds then assumed the editorship of ''The Monthly Magazine'', a position which he held between 1837 and 1838 and wrote articles under the pseudonym of "Parisianus."<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bleiler|first=E.F.|title="Bibliography". in G. W.M. Reynolds, Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf.|publisher=Dover|year=1975|isbn=9780486799292|location=New York|pages=158}}</ref> Almost forgotten now, during his lifetime he was more read than [[Dickens]] or [[William Makepeace Thackeray|Thackeray]]; in his obituary, the trade magazine ''[[The Bookseller]]'' called Reynolds "the most popular writer of our times" ("Obituary" 600). His best-known work was the long-running serial ''[[The Mysteries of London]]'' (1844), which borrowed liberally in concept from [[Eugène Sue]]'s ''[[Les Mystères de Paris]]'' (''The Mysteries of Paris''). It sold 40,000 copies a week in penny instalments and more than a million copies cumulatively before it was issued in bound volumes, enjoying an international circulation in French, German, Italian, and Spanish translations. Although it was outlawed by the authorities, the German version achieved the status of a cult favourite on the Russian black market.
Reynolds was a prolific writer of popular fiction starting from ''The Youthful Imposter'', published in 1835 which was then republished later as ''The Parricide; or, The Youth's Career of Crime''. After the publication of his first novel Reynolds then assumed the editorship of ''The Monthly Magazine'', a position which he held between 1837 and 1838 and wrote articles under the pseudonym of "Parisianus."<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bleiler|first=E.F.|title="Bibliography". in G. W.M. Reynolds, Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf.|publisher=Dover|year=1975|isbn=9780486799292|location=New York|pages=158}}</ref> Almost forgotten now, during his lifetime he was more read than [[Dickens]] or [[William Makepeace Thackeray|Thackeray]]; in his obituary, the trade magazine ''[[The Bookseller]]'' called Reynolds "the most popular writer of our times" ("Obituary" 600). His best-known work was the long-running serial ''[[The Mysteries of London]]'' (1844), which borrowed liberally in concept from [[Eugène Sue]]'s ''[[Les Mystères de Paris]]'' (''The Mysteries of Paris''). It sold 40,000 copies a week in penny instalments and more than a million copies cumulatively before it was issued in bound volumes, enjoying an international circulation in French, German, Italian, and Spanish translations. Although it was outlawed by the authorities, the German version achieved the status of a cult favourite on the Russian black market.


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Reynold's novels remained in print on both sides of the Atlantic longer than those of many of his contemporaries. An 1875 edition of Reynolds's ''Ciprina'', published in Philadelphia, lists 40 novels including ''Mysteries of London'' under the heading "George W. M. Reynolds' Great Works", priced between 50 cents and $1.00. ''The Mysteries of the Court of London'', translated into [[Marathi language|Marathi]] as well as [[Urdu]], remained a best-seller in India well into the twentieth century. The Marathi translation was done by K.B. Mande in the early 20th century and was titled ''The Secret Deeds of the Elites of London''. It was very popular in the Marathi-speaking area, as is evident by numerous references to the text in early 20th-century Marathi literature.
Reynold's novels remained in print on both sides of the Atlantic longer than those of many of his contemporaries. An 1875 edition of Reynolds's ''Ciprina'', published in Philadelphia, lists 40 novels including ''Mysteries of London'' under the heading "George W. M. Reynolds' Great Works", priced between 50 cents and $1.00. ''The Mysteries of the Court of London'', translated into [[Marathi language|Marathi]] as well as [[Urdu]], remained a best-seller in India well into the twentieth century. The Marathi translation was done by K.B. Mande in the early 20th century and was titled ''The Secret Deeds of the Elites of London''. It was very popular in the Marathi-speaking area, as is evident by numerous references to the text in early 20th-century Marathi literature.
[[File:Mysteries of the Court of London.png|thumb|The first issue of ''The Mysteries of the Court of London'' (1849-56)]]


==Chartism==
==Chartism==
Reynolds was also a major figure in the [[Chartist movement]]. In 1846, he founded two magazines, ''Reynolds' Miscellany'' '''(RM)''' and ''[[The London Journal]]'' '''(LJ)'''. In 1849, he founded ''Reynolds's Political Instructor'', which in May 1850 became ''[[Reynolds Weekly Newspaper]]'', the leading radical newspaper of the post-Chartist era. It long survived him, ending publication in 1967 as the ''Sunday Citizen''.
Reynolds was also a major figure in the [[Chartist movement]]. In 1846, he founded two magazines, ''Reynolds' Miscellany'' (''RM'') and ''[[The London Journal]]'' (''LJ''). In 1849, he founded ''Reynolds's Political Instructor'', which in May 1850 became ''[[Reynolds Weekly Newspaper]]'', the leading radical newspaper of the post-Chartist era. It long survived him, ending publication in 1967 as the ''Sunday Citizen''. [[Edwin Brett]], a fellow chartist and publisher of [[penny dreadfuls]], became a lifelong friend.<ref name = "JSTORJohnSpringhall">{{cite journal |last1=Springhall |first1=John |title=A Life Story for the People"? Edwin J. Brett and the London "Low-Life" Penny Dreadfuls of the 1860s |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3828357 |journal=Victorian Studies |year=1990 |volume=33 |issue=2 |pages=223–246 |publisher=Indiana University Press |jstor=3828357 |access-date=2 February 2021}}</ref>


For both ''Reynolds's Political Instructor'' and ''Reynolds's Weekly Newspaper'', between 1849 and 1856, he would write a signed editorial every week in which he gave his opinion on the pressing political matters of the day.
For both ''Reynolds's Political Instructor'' and ''Reynolds's Weekly Newspaper'', between 1849 and 1856, he would write a signed editorial every week in which he gave his opinion on the pressing political matters of the day.


In 1854, he relocated to [[Herne Bay, Kent|Herne Bay]] in Kent, where he became one of the town's Improvement Commissioners. Reynolds was an advocate of [[Republicanism in the United Kingdom|British Republicanism]]; much of his journalism, especially during the 1870s, "promoted a levelling agenda against traditional social hierarchies and accentuated the difficulties of the British throne".<ref>Andrzej Olechnowicz, ''The Monarchy and the British Nation, 1780 to the Present''. Cambridge University Press, 2007. {{ISBN|0521844614}}, (p. 190).</ref>
In 1854, he relocated to [[Herne Bay, Kent|Herne Bay]] in Kent, where he became one of the town's Improvement Commissioners. Reynolds was an advocate of [[Republicanism in the United Kingdom|British Republicanism]]; much of his journalism, especially during the 1870s, "promoted a levelling agenda against traditional social hierarchies and accentuated the difficulties of the British throne".<ref>Andrzej Olechnowicz, ''The Monarchy and the British Nation, 1780 to the Present''. Cambridge University Press, 2007. {{ISBN|0521844614}}, (p. 190).</ref>


==Bibliography==
==Works==
A prolific novelist, the list of Reynolds's works is long; matters are made more complex by the fact that American publishers often attributed the authorship of various anonymously written books to Reynolds as well. Furthermore, although he is known as a penny blood author, not all of his works appeared as serialised penny instalments.
A prolific novelist, the list of Reynolds's works is long; matters are made more complex by the fact that American publishers often attributed the authorship of various anonymously written books to Reynolds as well. Furthermore, although he is known as a penny blood author, not all of his works appeared as serialised penny instalments. The following works have, as a result of research by [[E. F. Bleiler]], been confirmed to have been definitely authored by Reynolds:


===Novels===
The following works have, as a result of research by E.F. Bleiler, been confirmed to have been definitely authored by Reynolds:
* ''The Youthful Imposter'' - (published in 3 vols by Librarie des Estrangers in 1835. Revised edition, ''The Parricide; or, The Youth's Career of Crime'', published by John Dicks, 1847)
* ''The Baroness: A Novel'' - (serialised in the ''Monthly Magazine'' in 1837, under the pseudonym of "Parisianus")
* ''Pickwick Abroad; or, The Tour in France'' - (serialised in the Monthly Magazine between 1837 and 1838)
* ''Alfred de Rosann; or, The Adventures of a French Gentleman'' - (serialised in the ''Monthly Magazine'' in 1838)
* ''Grace Darling; or, the Heroine of the Ferne Islands'' - (published in one volume by George Henderson in 1839)
* ''[[Robert Macaire]] in England'' - (published in 3 vols by Thomas Tegg in 1839)
* ''The Steam Packet: A Tale of the River and Ocean'' - (published in one volume by Willoughby in 1840)
* ''Master Timothy's Bookcase'' - (issued in weekly parts beginning 15 July 1841 and published as a single volume by W. Emans in 1842)
* ''[[The Mysteries of London]]; First Series'' - (issued in weekly parts beginning in October 1844. Published in two volumes by G. Vickers in 1846)
* ''Faust: A Romance of the Secret Tribunals'' - (serialised in ''The London Journal'' between 4 October 1845 and 26 September 1846. Published in one volume by G Vickers in 1847)
* ''[[The Mysteries of London]]; Second Series'' - (issued in weekly parts beginning on 3 October 1846 and 16 September 1848. Published in two volumes by G. Vickers in 1848)
* ''Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf'' - (serialised in Reynolds's Miscellany between 6 November 1846 and 24 July 1847) - sequel to Faust
* ''The Days of Hogarth; or, the Mysteries of Old London'' - (serialised in ''Reynolds's Miscellany'' between 29 May 1847 and 29 April 1848)
* ''The Coral Island, or the Hereditary Curse'' - (serialised in ''Reynolds's Miscellany'' between 15 July 1848 and 31 March 1849)
* ''The Mysteries of the Court of London; First Series'' - (issued in weekly parts between 9 September 1848 and 17 August 1850. Published in two volumes by John Dicks in 1850)
* ''The Pixy; or, The Unbaptised Child'' - (published in one volume by John Dicks in 1848).
* ''The Bronze Statue; or, the Virgin's Kiss'' - (serialised in ''Reynolds's Miscellany'' between 31 March 1849 and 14 March 1850)
* ''The Seamstress; a Domestic Tale'' - (serialised in ''Reynolds's Miscellany'' between 23 March 1850 and 10 August 1850)
*''Pope Joan, the Female Pontiff'' - (serialised in ''Reynolds's Miscellany'' between 10 August 1850 and 25 January 1851)
* ''The Mysteries of the Court of London; Second Series'' - (issued in weekly parts between 24 August 1850 and August 1852)
*''Kenneth; a Romance of the Highlands'' - (serialised in ''Reynolds's Miscellany'' between 25 January 1851 and 27 December 1851)
* ''The Necromancer'' - (serialised in Reynolds's Miscellany between 27 December 1851 and 31 July 1852)
*''Mary Price; or the Memoirs of a Servant Girl'' - (issued in weekly parts between November 1851 and October 1853)
* ''The Mysteries of the Court of London; Third Series'' - (issued in weekly parts between 1 May 1852 and 3 December 1853)
*''The Massacre of Glencoe; a Historical Tale'' - (serialised in ''Reynolds's Miscellany'' between 31 July 1852 and 18 June 1853)
*''The Soldier's Wife'' - (issued in weekly parts between November 1852 and June 1853. Published in one volume by John Dicks in 1853)
*''The Ryehouse Plot; or, Ruth, the Conspirator's Daughter'' - (serialised in ''Reynolds's Miscellany'' between 18 June 1853 and 19 August 1854)
*''Joseph Wilmot; or, the Memoirs of a Manservant'' - (issued in weekly parts between 29 July 1853 and 4 July 1855)
*''Rosa Lambert; or, the Memoirs of an Unfortunate Woman'' - (issued in weekly parts between 4 November 1853 and October 1854)
* ''The Mysteries of the Court of London; Fourth Series - (issued in weekly parts between 30 December 1853 and 5 December 1855)
*''May Middleton; or, The History of a Fortune'' - (serialised in ''Reynolds's Miscellany'' between 19 August 1854 and 6 January 1855)
*''Omar, a Tale of the War'' - (serialised in ''Reynolds's Miscellany'' between 6 January 1855 and 5 January 1856)
*''The Loves of the Harem: A Romance of Constantinople'' - (issued in weekly parts between 3 February 1855 and 7 July 1856)
* ''Ellen Percy; or, The Memoirs of an Actress'' - (issued in weekly parts between 21 July 1855 and September 1857)
*''Agnes; or, Beauty and Pleasure'' - (issued in weekly parts between 12 December 1855 and January 1857)
*''Leila; or, the Star of Mingrelia'' - (serialised in ''Reynolds's Miscellany'' between 5 January 1855 and 5 July 1856)
*''The Empress Eugenie's Boudoir'' - (issued in weekly parts beginning 4 February 1857; exact date of final serial unknown)
*''Margaret; or, the Discarded Queen'' - (serialised in ''Reynolds's Miscellany'' between 5 July 1856 and 11 July 1857)
* ''The Young Duchess; or, Memoirs of a Lady of Quality'' - (serialised in Reynolds's Miscellany between 17 June 1857 and 9 June 1858)
*''Canonbury House; or, the Queen's Prophecy'' - (serialised in ''Reynolds's Miscellany'' between 11 July 1857 and 1 May 1858)
*''Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots'' - (serialised in ''Reynolds's Miscellany'' between 14 May 1859 and 24 December 1859)


===Shorter fiction and short stories===
'''Fiction:'''
* ''The Father'' - (serialised in the ''Monthly Magazine'' in 1838)
* ''Mary Hamel'' - (serialised in the ''Monthly Magazine'' in 1838)
* ''The Appointment: A Tale'' - (serialised in ''The Isis'' in 1839)
* ''The Drunkard's Tale'' - (serialised in ''The Teetotaller'' in 1840)
* ''Noctes Pickwickianae'' - (serialised in The Teetotaller in 1840)
* ''Pickwick Married'' - (serialised in The Teetotaller in 1841)
* ''The Assassin'' - (appeared in ''The London Journal'' on 29 March 1845)
* ''Margaret Catchpole'' - (appeared in ''The London Journal'' on 5 April 1845)
* ''The Matrimonial Advertisement'' - (appeared in ''Reynolds's Miscellany'' on 30 January 1847)
* ''The Castellan's Daughter'' - (serialised in ''Reynolds's Miscellany'' between 22 and 29 June 1850)
* ''The Greek Maiden; or The Banquet of Blood'' - (appeared in ''Reynolds's Miscellany'' on 27 July 1850)
*''The Janizary; or, The Massacre of the Christians'' - (serialised in ''Reynolds's Miscellany'' between 2–9 November 1851).
*''The Prophecy; or, The Lost Son'' - (serialised in ''Reynolds's Miscellany'' between 7–10 December 1851)
*''The Young Fisherman'' - (serialised in ''Reynolds's Miscellany'' between 5 October 1861 and 9 November 1861)


=== Translation ===
* ''The Youthful Imposter'', 3 vols (Paris: Librarie des Estrangers, 1835)
*[[The Last Day of a Condemned Man]] (1829) by [[Victor Hugo]]
* ''The Baroness: A Novel'' (serialised in the ''Monthly Magazine'' in 1837, under the pseudonym of "Parisianus")
* ''Pickwick Abroad; or, The Tour in France'' (serialised in the ''Monthly Magazine'' between 1837-38)
* ''Alfred de Rosann'' (serialised in the ''Monthly Magazine'' in 1838).
* ''The Father'' (serialised in the ''Monthly Magazine'' in 1838).
* ''Mary Hamel'' (serialised in the ''Monthly Magazine'' in 1838).
* ''The Appointment: A Tale'' (serialised in ''The Isis'' in 1839).
* ''Grace Darling; or, the Heroine of the Ferne Islands'' (London: George Henderson, 1839).
* ''[[Robert Macaire]] in England'', 3 vols (London: T. Tegg, 1839).
* ''Noctes Pickwickianae'' (serialised in ''The Teetotaller'' in 1840).
* ''The Steam Packet: A Tale of the River and Ocean'' (London: Willoughby, 1840).
* ''The Drunkard's Tale'' (serialised in ''The Teetotaller'' in 1840).
* ''Pickwick Married'' (serialised in ''The Teetotaller'' in 1841).
* ''Master Timothy's Bookcase'' (issued in weekly parts beginning July 15, 1841 and published as a single volume by W. Emans in 1842).
* ''The Mysteries of London'', First Series (issued in weekly parts beginning in October 1844 and published in two volumes by G. Vickers in 1846).
* ''The Assassin'' (short story which appeared in ''The London Journal'' on March 29, 1845).
* ''Margaret Catchpole'' (short story which appeared in ''The London Journal'' on April 5, 1845).
* ''Faust: A Romance'' (serialised in ''The London Journal'' between October 4, 1845 and September 26, 1846).
* ''The Mysteries of London'', Second Series (issued in weekly parts beginning in October 3, 1846 and September 16, 1848 and published in two volumes by G. Vickers in 1848).
* ''Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf'' (serialised in ''Reynolds's Miscellany'' between November 6, 1846 and July 24, 1847).
* ''A Tale for Christmas'' (short story which appeared in ''Reynolds's Miscellany'' on December 26, 1846).
* ''The Matrimonial Advertisement'' (short story which appeared in ''Reynolds's Miscellany'' on January 30, 1847).
* ''The Days of Hogarth; or, the Mysteries of Old London'' (serialised in ''Reynolds's Miscellany'' between May 29, 1847 and April 29, 1848).
* ''The Coral Island, or the Hereditary Curse'' (serialised in ''Reynolds's Miscellany'' between July 15, 1848 and March 31, 1848).
* ''The Mysteries of the Court of London'', First Series (issued in weekly parts between September 9, 1848 and August 17, 1850 and published in two volumes by John Dicks in 1850).
* ''The Pixy; or, The Unbaptized Child'' (London: John Dicks, 1848).
* ''The Bronze Statue; or, the Virgin's Kiss'' (serialised in ''Reynolds's Miscellany'' between March 31, 1849 and March 14, 1850).
* The Castellan's Daughter ((serialised in ''Reynolds's Miscellany'' between June 22 and June 29, 1850).
* ''The Greek Maiden; or The Banquet of Blood'' (short story which appeared in ''Reynolds's Miscellany'' on July 27, 1850).
*''The Seamstress; a Domestic Tale'' (alt title: ''The White Slaves of England'') (1851) (RM).
*''Pope Joan, the Female Pontiff'' (1851) (RM).
*''Kenneth, a Tale of the Highlands'' (1851–52) (RM).
*''The Necromancer'' (1851–52) (RM).
*''Mary Price; or the Memoirs of a Servant Girl'' (1852).
*''The Massacre of Glencoe, a Historical Tale'' (1852–53) (RM).
*''The Soldier's Wife'' (alt title: ''The Cat o' Nine Tails'') (1852–53).
*''The Ryehouse Plot; or, Ruth, the Conspirator's Daughter'' (1853–54) (RM).
*''Joseph Wilmot; or, the Memoirs of a Manservant'' (1853–54).
*''Rosa Lambert; or, the Memoirs of an Unfortunate Woman'' (alt title: ''The Memoirs of a Clergyman's Daughter'') (1854–55).
*''Agnes; or, Beauty and Pleasure'' (1854–55).
*''Ellen Percy; or, the Memoirs of an Actress'' (1854–55).
*''May Middleton; or, the History of a Fortune'' (1854–55) (RM).
*''Loves of the Harem'' (1855).
*''Omar, a Tale of the War'' (1855–56) (RM).
*''Leila; or, the Star of Mingrelia'' (1856) (RM).
*''The Empress Eugenie's Boudoir'' (1856).
*''Margaret; or, the Discarded Queen'' (1856–57) (RM).
*''The Young Duchess'' (sequel to ''Ellen Percy'') (1856–57).
*''Canonbury House; or, the Queen's Prophecy'' (1857–58) (RM).
*''Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots'' (1859) (RM).


=== Poetry ===
'''Miscellaneous Works:'''
* ''A Sequel to Don Juan'' (London: Paget and Co., 1843)
*''The Errors of the Christian Religion Exposed'' (1832)

*''The Modern Literature of France'' (1839) Non-fiction.
=== Miscellaneous works ===
*''The Errors of the Christian Religion Exposed'' (London: Richard Carlile, 1832)
*''The Modern Literature of France,'' 2 vols (London: George Henderson, 1839)
*''The Anatomy of Intemperance'' (London: United Temperance Union, 1840)
*''The French Self-Instructor'' (London: Dicks, 1846)
*'The Foundation of the Ottoman Empire' (serialised in Reynolds's Miscellany between 18 and 25 February 1854).
*''The Self-Instructor'' (London: Dicks, 1861)

=== Journalism career ===
* ''The London and Paris Courier'' (editor between January–August 1836)
* ''The Monthly Magazine of Politics, Literature, and the Belles-Lettres'' (editor between 1837 and 1838)
* The Teetotaller (editor between June 1840 and September 1841)
* ''The London Journal'' (editor between March 1845 and November 1846)
* ''Reynolds's Miscellany'' (editor between 1846 and 1869)
* ''Reynolds's Political Instructor'' (editor between 1849 and 1850)
* ''Reynolds's Weekly Newspaper'' (editor between 1850 and 1879)
* ''Bow Bells'' (editor from 1864 until 1868).


==References==
==References==
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* [[archive.org]]'s snapshot of the {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928162051/http://www.literatureandplace.org.uk/database/en/entries/Reynolds+George+W.M./Herne+Bay/52 |date=28 September 2007 |title=Literature and Place George W.M. Reynolds arcitle }}.
* [[archive.org]]'s snapshot of the {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928162051/http://www.literatureandplace.org.uk/database/en/entries/Reynolds+George+W.M./Herne+Bay/52 |date=28 September 2007 |title=Literature and Place George W.M. Reynolds article}}.
* [http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5614 ''The Literary Encyclopedia'' G. W. M. Reynolds].
* [http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5614 ''The Literary Encyclopedia'' G. W. M. Reynolds].
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040629091855/http://www.oup.co.uk/pdf/0-19-818472-7.pdf ''Mapping History's Nightmares: A Geography of Victorian Gothic Fiction'']:27–33; [[Robert Mighall]].
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040629091855/http://www.oup.co.uk/pdf/0-19-818472-7.pdf ''Mapping History's Nightmares: A Geography of Victorian Gothic Fiction'']:27–33; [[Robert Mighall]].
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*[[BBC Radio 3]] Sunday Feature: [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01k9t7k "The Other Dickens"] (45-minute audio documentary).
*[[BBC Radio 3]] Sunday Feature: [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01k9t7k "The Other Dickens"] (45-minute audio documentary).


===Reviews and literary criticism===
'''Reviews and literary criticism'''
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026182315/http://www.geocities.com/justingilb/texts/PEEPS.htm |date=26 October 2009 |title=Frank Jay's discussions of Reynolds from ''Spare Moments'' }} Published between 1918 and 1921. Posted by Justin Gilbert at GeoCities.
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026182315/http://www.geocities.com/justingilb/texts/PEEPS.htm |date=26 October 2009 |title=Frank Jay's discussions of Reynolds from ''Spare Moments'' }} Published between 1918 and 1921. Posted by Justin Gilbert at GeoCities.
*"G. W. M. Reynolds" by E.F. Bleiler, in Bleiler (ed) ''Supernatural Fiction Writers: Fantasy and Horror'' NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1985, 205–11. Primarily an examination of Reynolds novels ''Faust'', ''The Necromancer'', and ''Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf''.
*"G. W. M. Reynolds" by E.F. Bleiler, in Bleiler (ed) ''Supernatural Fiction Writers: Fantasy and Horror'' NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1985, 205–11. Primarily an examination of Reynolds novels ''Faust'', ''The Necromancer'', and ''Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf''.
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==External links==
==External links==
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===Books available online===
All titles marked (RM) and (LJ) above are available online at the British Periodicals website.
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* [https://archive.org/details/alfredderosanno00reyngoog Alfred de Rosann; or, Adventures of a French Gentleman] at Internet Archive.
* [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015030722097 Ellen Percy: or, The memoirs of an actress, vol. II] at the [[University of Michigan]].
* [https://archive.org/details/empresseugenies00reyngoog The Empress Eugenie's Boudoir] at Internet Archive.
* [https://archive.org/details/frenchselfinstr00reyngoog The French Self-Instructor] at Internet Archive.
* [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015022661287 Mary Price; or, The memoirs of a servant-maid] at the University of Michigan.
* [http://www.victorianlondon.org/mysteries/mysteries-00.htm The Mysteries of London] at [[victorianlondon.org]].
* [https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=290421 The Soldier's Wife] in epub format at the MobileRead Forums.
* [https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=254098 The Seamstress] in epub format at the MobileRead Forums.
* [https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=254074 Alfred: The Adventures of a French Gentleman] in ePub Format at the MobileRead Forums.

The complete set of the two series in four volumes of "The Mysteries of London" [https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=245511][https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=245536] in epub format is available at the MobileRead Forums.

Mysteries of the Court of London ([[John Dicks (publisher)|Dicks]] edition in 8 volumes; 4 series, 2 volumes each) online at [[books.google.com]]:
* [https://archive.org/details/mysteriescourtl12reyngoog First Series, vol. I],
* [https://archive.org/details/mysteriescourtl08reyngoog First Series, vol. II],
* [https://archive.org/details/mysteriescourtl09reyngoog Second Series, vol. I],
* Second Series, vol. II (not available),
* [https://archive.org/details/mysteriescourtl10reyngoog Third series, vol. I],
* [https://archive.org/details/mysteriescourtl06reyngoog Third series, vol. II],
* [https://archive.org/details/mysteriescourtl05reyngoog Fourth series, vol. I],
* [https://archive.org/details/mysteriescourtl11reyngoog Fourth series, vol. II].
The Mysteries of the Court of London (privately printed edition of the "Mysteries" in 20 volumes (by a so-called "Oxford Society") was entitled "The Works of George W. M. Reynolds", online at www.archive.org (only 7 volumes of this edition):
* [https://archive.org/details/mysteriesofcourt01reynuoft Volume I],
* [https://archive.org/details/mysteriesofcourt03reynuoft Volume III],
* [https://archive.org/details/mysteriesofcourt05reynuoft Volume V],
* [https://archive.org/details/mysteriesofcourt07reynuoft Volume VII],
* [https://archive.org/details/mysteriesofcourt00reynuoft Volume X],
* [https://archive.org/details/mysteriesofcourt16reynuoft Volume XVI],
* [https://archive.org/details/mysteriesofcourt17reynuoft Volume XVII].

The complete set of the four series in eight volumes of "The Mysteries of the Court of London" [https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=243164][https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=243435] [https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=243988] [https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=245422] in epub format is available at the MobileRead Forums.
* [https://archive.org/details/parricideoryout00reyngoog The Parricide; or, The Youth's Career of Crime], a slightly modified re-printing of ''The Youthful Imposter'' at Internet Archive.
* [https://archive.org/details/pickwickabroado00reyngoog Pickwick Abroad] at Internet Archive.
* [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015067293186 Robert Macaire; or, The French Bandit in England] at the University of Michigan.
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27202 Wagner the Wehr-Wolf] at [http://gutenberg.org Project Gutenberg].
* [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015057226311 The Young Duchess; or, Memoirs of a Lady of Quality] at the University of Michigan.


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Latest revision as of 16:48, 13 May 2024

For other people with the same name, see George Reynolds (disambiguation).

Portrait of Reynolds on the first page of the first issue of Reynolds's Miscellany, November 1846, price one penny. The text of the first installment of Wagner the Wehr-Wolf begins at the bottom of the page.

George William MacArthur Reynolds (23 July 1814 – 20 June 1879) was a British fiction writer and journalist.

Reynolds was born in Sandwich, Kent, the son of Captain Sir George Reynolds, a flag officer of the Royal Navy. Reynolds was educated first at Dr. Nance's school in Ashford, Kent, and then attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was intended for a career in the British Army, but his parents died during 1829 and, with his subsequent inheritance, he decided to quit the military and devote himself instead to literary pursuits. He left Sandhurst on 13 September 1830 and for the next few years he traveled a great deal, particularly in France, and became a naturalised French citizen.[1] He began residence in Paris in 1834, where he started a daily English newspaper. The venture failed, and Reynolds returned bankrupt to England in 1836.

Reynolds served as editor of The Teetotaler (a weekly journal advocating teetotalism) beginning in 1840.[2]

Writing

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Reynolds was a prolific writer of popular fiction starting from The Youthful Imposter, published in 1835 which was then republished later as The Parricide; or, The Youth's Career of Crime. After the publication of his first novel Reynolds then assumed the editorship of The Monthly Magazine, a position which he held between 1837 and 1838 and wrote articles under the pseudonym of "Parisianus."[3] Almost forgotten now, during his lifetime he was more read than Dickens or Thackeray; in his obituary, the trade magazine The Bookseller called Reynolds "the most popular writer of our times" ("Obituary" 600). His best-known work was the long-running serial The Mysteries of London (1844), which borrowed liberally in concept from Eugène Sue's Les Mystères de Paris (The Mysteries of Paris). It sold 40,000 copies a week in penny instalments and more than a million copies cumulatively before it was issued in bound volumes, enjoying an international circulation in French, German, Italian, and Spanish translations. Although it was outlawed by the authorities, the German version achieved the status of a cult favourite on the Russian black market.

The Mysteries of London and its even lengthier sequel, The Mysteries of the Court of London, are considered to be among the seminal works of the Victorian "urban mysteries" genre, a style of sensational fiction which adapted elements of Gothic novels – with their haunted castles, innocent noble damsels in distress and nefarious villains – to produce stories which instead emphasized the poverty, crime, and violence of a great metropolis, complete with detailed and often sympathetic descriptions of the lives of lower-class lawbreakers and extensive glossaries of thieves' cant, all interwoven with a frank sexuality not usually found in popular fiction of the time.

An illustration from The Mysteries of London

The Mysteries of London, like most of Reynolds' works, was published first as a weekly penny dreadful, or "Penny Blood", illustrated with lurid engravings and circulating mainly among readers of limited means and education. Although Reynolds was unusual in his religious skepticism (one of the main characters in The Mysteries of London was a clergyman turned libertine) and political radicalism, his tales were intended for his mostly middle- and lower-class readers; they featured "hump-backed dwarves, harridans and grave-robbers [who] groped past against a background of workhouses, jails, execution yards, thieves' kitchens and cemeteries. His readers could depend on him to bring in the theme of maiden virtue rudely strumpeted as often as possible."

Reynolds' Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf was a gothic novel which described how the title character became a werewolf after making a pact with the devil.[4] Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf was republished in 1975 by Dover Books with an introduction and bibliography of Reynolds by E. F. Bleiler.[4]

Reynold's novels remained in print on both sides of the Atlantic longer than those of many of his contemporaries. An 1875 edition of Reynolds's Ciprina, published in Philadelphia, lists 40 novels including Mysteries of London under the heading "George W. M. Reynolds' Great Works", priced between 50 cents and $1.00. The Mysteries of the Court of London, translated into Marathi as well as Urdu, remained a best-seller in India well into the twentieth century. The Marathi translation was done by K.B. Mande in the early 20th century and was titled The Secret Deeds of the Elites of London. It was very popular in the Marathi-speaking area, as is evident by numerous references to the text in early 20th-century Marathi literature.

The first issue of The Mysteries of the Court of London (1849-56)

Chartism

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Reynolds was also a major figure in the Chartist movement. In 1846, he founded two magazines, Reynolds' Miscellany (RM) and The London Journal (LJ). In 1849, he founded Reynolds's Political Instructor, which in May 1850 became Reynolds Weekly Newspaper, the leading radical newspaper of the post-Chartist era. It long survived him, ending publication in 1967 as the Sunday Citizen. Edwin Brett, a fellow chartist and publisher of penny dreadfuls, became a lifelong friend.[5]

For both Reynolds's Political Instructor and Reynolds's Weekly Newspaper, between 1849 and 1856, he would write a signed editorial every week in which he gave his opinion on the pressing political matters of the day.

In 1854, he relocated to Herne Bay in Kent, where he became one of the town's Improvement Commissioners. Reynolds was an advocate of British Republicanism; much of his journalism, especially during the 1870s, "promoted a levelling agenda against traditional social hierarchies and accentuated the difficulties of the British throne".[6]

Works

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A prolific novelist, the list of Reynolds's works is long; matters are made more complex by the fact that American publishers often attributed the authorship of various anonymously written books to Reynolds as well. Furthermore, although he is known as a penny blood author, not all of his works appeared as serialised penny instalments. The following works have, as a result of research by E. F. Bleiler, been confirmed to have been definitely authored by Reynolds:

Novels

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  • The Youthful Imposter - (published in 3 vols by Librarie des Estrangers in 1835. Revised edition, The Parricide; or, The Youth's Career of Crime, published by John Dicks, 1847)
  • The Baroness: A Novel - (serialised in the Monthly Magazine in 1837, under the pseudonym of "Parisianus")
  • Pickwick Abroad; or, The Tour in France - (serialised in the Monthly Magazine between 1837 and 1838)
  • Alfred de Rosann; or, The Adventures of a French Gentleman - (serialised in the Monthly Magazine in 1838)
  • Grace Darling; or, the Heroine of the Ferne Islands - (published in one volume by George Henderson in 1839)
  • Robert Macaire in England - (published in 3 vols by Thomas Tegg in 1839)
  • The Steam Packet: A Tale of the River and Ocean - (published in one volume by Willoughby in 1840)
  • Master Timothy's Bookcase - (issued in weekly parts beginning 15 July 1841 and published as a single volume by W. Emans in 1842)
  • The Mysteries of London; First Series - (issued in weekly parts beginning in October 1844. Published in two volumes by G. Vickers in 1846)
  • Faust: A Romance of the Secret Tribunals - (serialised in The London Journal between 4 October 1845 and 26 September 1846. Published in one volume by G Vickers in 1847)
  • The Mysteries of London; Second Series - (issued in weekly parts beginning on 3 October 1846 and 16 September 1848. Published in two volumes by G. Vickers in 1848)
  • Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf - (serialised in Reynolds's Miscellany between 6 November 1846 and 24 July 1847) - sequel to Faust
  • The Days of Hogarth; or, the Mysteries of Old London - (serialised in Reynolds's Miscellany between 29 May 1847 and 29 April 1848)
  • The Coral Island, or the Hereditary Curse - (serialised in Reynolds's Miscellany between 15 July 1848 and 31 March 1849)
  • The Mysteries of the Court of London; First Series - (issued in weekly parts between 9 September 1848 and 17 August 1850. Published in two volumes by John Dicks in 1850)
  • The Pixy; or, The Unbaptised Child - (published in one volume by John Dicks in 1848).
  • The Bronze Statue; or, the Virgin's Kiss - (serialised in Reynolds's Miscellany between 31 March 1849 and 14 March 1850)
  • The Seamstress; a Domestic Tale - (serialised in Reynolds's Miscellany between 23 March 1850 and 10 August 1850)
  • Pope Joan, the Female Pontiff - (serialised in Reynolds's Miscellany between 10 August 1850 and 25 January 1851)
  • The Mysteries of the Court of London; Second Series - (issued in weekly parts between 24 August 1850 and August 1852)
  • Kenneth; a Romance of the Highlands - (serialised in Reynolds's Miscellany between 25 January 1851 and 27 December 1851)
  • The Necromancer - (serialised in Reynolds's Miscellany between 27 December 1851 and 31 July 1852)
  • Mary Price; or the Memoirs of a Servant Girl - (issued in weekly parts between November 1851 and October 1853)
  • The Mysteries of the Court of London; Third Series - (issued in weekly parts between 1 May 1852 and 3 December 1853)
  • The Massacre of Glencoe; a Historical Tale - (serialised in Reynolds's Miscellany between 31 July 1852 and 18 June 1853)
  • The Soldier's Wife - (issued in weekly parts between November 1852 and June 1853. Published in one volume by John Dicks in 1853)
  • The Ryehouse Plot; or, Ruth, the Conspirator's Daughter - (serialised in Reynolds's Miscellany between 18 June 1853 and 19 August 1854)
  • Joseph Wilmot; or, the Memoirs of a Manservant - (issued in weekly parts between 29 July 1853 and 4 July 1855)
  • Rosa Lambert; or, the Memoirs of an Unfortunate Woman - (issued in weekly parts between 4 November 1853 and October 1854)
  • The Mysteries of the Court of London; Fourth Series - (issued in weekly parts between 30 December 1853 and 5 December 1855)
  • May Middleton; or, The History of a Fortune - (serialised in Reynolds's Miscellany between 19 August 1854 and 6 January 1855)
  • Omar, a Tale of the War - (serialised in Reynolds's Miscellany between 6 January 1855 and 5 January 1856)
  • The Loves of the Harem: A Romance of Constantinople - (issued in weekly parts between 3 February 1855 and 7 July 1856)
  • Ellen Percy; or, The Memoirs of an Actress - (issued in weekly parts between 21 July 1855 and September 1857)
  • Agnes; or, Beauty and Pleasure - (issued in weekly parts between 12 December 1855 and January 1857)
  • Leila; or, the Star of Mingrelia - (serialised in Reynolds's Miscellany between 5 January 1855 and 5 July 1856)
  • The Empress Eugenie's Boudoir - (issued in weekly parts beginning 4 February 1857; exact date of final serial unknown)
  • Margaret; or, the Discarded Queen - (serialised in Reynolds's Miscellany between 5 July 1856 and 11 July 1857)
  • The Young Duchess; or, Memoirs of a Lady of Quality - (serialised in Reynolds's Miscellany between 17 June 1857 and 9 June 1858)
  • Canonbury House; or, the Queen's Prophecy - (serialised in Reynolds's Miscellany between 11 July 1857 and 1 May 1858)
  • Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots - (serialised in Reynolds's Miscellany between 14 May 1859 and 24 December 1859)

Shorter fiction and short stories

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  • The Father - (serialised in the Monthly Magazine in 1838)
  • Mary Hamel - (serialised in the Monthly Magazine in 1838)
  • The Appointment: A Tale - (serialised in The Isis in 1839)
  • The Drunkard's Tale - (serialised in The Teetotaller in 1840)
  • Noctes Pickwickianae - (serialised in The Teetotaller in 1840)
  • Pickwick Married - (serialised in The Teetotaller in 1841)
  • The Assassin - (appeared in The London Journal on 29 March 1845)
  • Margaret Catchpole - (appeared in The London Journal on 5 April 1845)
  • The Matrimonial Advertisement - (appeared in Reynolds's Miscellany on 30 January 1847)
  • The Castellan's Daughter - (serialised in Reynolds's Miscellany between 22 and 29 June 1850)
  • The Greek Maiden; or The Banquet of Blood - (appeared in Reynolds's Miscellany on 27 July 1850)
  • The Janizary; or, The Massacre of the Christians - (serialised in Reynolds's Miscellany between 2–9 November 1851).
  • The Prophecy; or, The Lost Son - (serialised in Reynolds's Miscellany between 7–10 December 1851)
  • The Young Fisherman - (serialised in Reynolds's Miscellany between 5 October 1861 and 9 November 1861)

Translation

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Poetry

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  • A Sequel to Don Juan (London: Paget and Co., 1843)

Miscellaneous works

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  • The Errors of the Christian Religion Exposed (London: Richard Carlile, 1832)
  • The Modern Literature of France, 2 vols (London: George Henderson, 1839)
  • The Anatomy of Intemperance (London: United Temperance Union, 1840)
  • The French Self-Instructor (London: Dicks, 1846)
  • 'The Foundation of the Ottoman Empire' (serialised in Reynolds's Miscellany between 18 and 25 February 1854).
  • The Self-Instructor (London: Dicks, 1861)

Journalism career

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  • The London and Paris Courier (editor between January–August 1836)
  • The Monthly Magazine of Politics, Literature, and the Belles-Lettres (editor between 1837 and 1838)
  • The Teetotaller (editor between June 1840 and September 1841)
  • The London Journal (editor between March 1845 and November 1846)
  • Reynolds's Miscellany (editor between 1846 and 1869)
  • Reynolds's Political Instructor (editor between 1849 and 1850)
  • Reynolds's Weekly Newspaper (editor between 1850 and 1879)
  • Bow Bells (editor from 1864 until 1868).

References

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  1. ^ "The Other Dickens", aired on BBC Radio 3, 1 July 2012
  2. ^ Reynolds, George W. M., ed. (25 July 1840). "The Teetotaler". I (5). London: United Temperance Association. Retrieved 18 December 2011. DEVOTED TO TEMPERANCE, LITERATURE, AND SCIENCE. EDITED BY GEORGE W. M. REYNOLDS {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ Bleiler, E.F. (1975). "Bibliography". in G. W.M. Reynolds, Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf. New York: Dover. p. 158. ISBN 9780486799292.
  4. ^ a b Fisher, B. F.; "Wagner, the Wehr-Wulf", in: Frank N. Magill, ed. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature, Vol 4. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, Inc., 1983. ISBN 0-89356-450-8 (pp. 2049–53) .
  5. ^ Springhall, John (1990). "A Life Story for the People"? Edwin J. Brett and the London "Low-Life" Penny Dreadfuls of the 1860s". Victorian Studies. 33 (2). Indiana University Press: 223–246. JSTOR 3828357. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  6. ^ Andrzej Olechnowicz, The Monarchy and the British Nation, 1780 to the Present. Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN 0521844614, (p. 190).

Further reading

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Reviews and literary criticism

  • Frank Jay's discussions of Reynolds from Spare Moments at the Wayback Machine (archived 26 October 2009) Published between 1918 and 1921. Posted by Justin Gilbert at GeoCities.
  • "G. W. M. Reynolds" by E.F. Bleiler, in Bleiler (ed) Supernatural Fiction Writers: Fantasy and Horror NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1985, 205–11. Primarily an examination of Reynolds novels Faust, The Necromancer, and Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf.
  • E.F. Bleiler. "Introduction"; and "Bibliography". in G. W.M. Reynolds, Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf. NY: Dover, 1975. (The only full modern statement on Reynolds, with much new information. The bibliography is the only disentanglement of Reynolds' exceedingly complex publications.)
  • G. W. M. Reynolds: Nineteenth-Century Fiction, Politics, and the Press, edited by Anne Humpherys and Louis James, Ashgate, 2008
  • Andrew King, The London Journal 1845–1883: Periodicals, Production and Gender, Ashgate, 2004
  • Dick Collins. "Introduction". George W.M. Reynolds, Wagner The Werewolf Hertforshire: Wordsworth Editions, 2006, ix–xvii.
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Wikisource has the text of the 1885–1900 Dictionary of National Biography's article about Reynolds, George William MacArthur.
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