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    The Ivory Gate, a new edition
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    The Ivory Gate, a new edition

    By Walter Besant

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    Release dateNov 26, 2013
    The Ivory Gate, a new edition
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    Walter Besant

    Walter Besant (1836–1901) was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire and studied at King's College, London. He would later work in higher education at Royal College, Mauritius, where he taught mathematics. During this time, Besant also began his extensive writing career. In 1868 he published Studies in Early French Poetry followed by a fruitful collaboration with James Rice, which produced Ready-money Mortiboy (1872), and The Golden Butterfly(1876). Besant’s career spanned genres and mediums including fiction, non-fiction, plays and various collections.

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