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William Mudford

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William Mudford was a British writer, essayist, translator of literary works and journalist. He also wrote critical and philosophical essays and reviews. His 1829 novel The Five Nights of St. Albans: A Romance of the Sixteenth Century received a good review from John Gibson Lockhart, an achievement which was considered a rare distinction. Mudford also published short fictional stories which were featured in periodicals such as Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Fraser's Magazine, and Bentley's Miscellany. His short story "The Iron Shroud", about an iron torture chamber which shrinks through mechanical action and eventually crushes the victim inside, was first published in August 1830 by Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, and later republished separately in 1839 and 1840 with the subtitle "Italian Revenge". Edgar Allan Poe is considered to have been influenced by "The Iron Shroud" when he wrote "The Pit and the Pendulum" having got his idea for the shrinking chamber from Mudford's story. Mudford was born in London, where his father made a living as a shopkeeper in Piccadilly. He was influenced by John Milton, Joseph Addison, Samuel Johnson, William Cowper, William Collins, Mark Akenside, Thomas Gray, and Oliver Goldsmith.

Books

Mesaerion
Mesaerion
Nathaniel Hawthorne, Frederick Marryat, Edgar Allan Poe, William Mudford, Lydia Child, Thomas Charles Morgan, Percival Leigh
A Critical Examination of the Writings of Richard Cumberland
A Critical Examination of the Writings of Richard Cumberland
William Mudford
The Life of Richard Cumberland, Esq
The Life of Richard Cumberland, Esq
William Mudford
The British Novelists
The British Novelists
William Mudford
The British Novelists
The British Novelists
William Mudford
The Five Nights of St. Albans
The Five Nights of St. Albans
William Mudford
The Canterbury Magazine
The Canterbury Magazine
William Mudford, Geoffrey Oldcastle
The life and adventures of Paul Plaintive, esq., by Martin Gribaldus Swammerdam
The life and adventures of Paul Plaintive, esq., by Martin Gribaldus Swammerdam
William Mudford
The Life and Adventures of Paul Plaintive, Esq., an Author
The Life and Adventures of Paul Plaintive, Esq., an Author
William Mudford
The British Novelists; Comprising Every Work of Acknowledged Merit which is Usually Classed Under the Denomination of Novels. Accompanied with Biographical Sketches of the Authors, and a Critical Preface to Each Work. By William Mudford. Embellished with Elegant Engravings [including Portraits].
The British Novelists; Comprising Every Work of Acknowledged Merit which is Usually Classed Under the Denomination of Novels. Accompanied with Biographical Sketches of the Authors, and a Critical Preface to Each Work. By William Mudford. Embellished with Elegant Engravings [including Portraits].
William Mudford
The Five Nights of St. Albans
The Five Nights of St. Albans
William Mudford
The British Novelists; Comprising Every Work of Acknowledged Merit which is Usually Classed Under the Denomination of Novels. Accompanied with Biographical Sketches of the Authors, and a Critical Preface to Each Work. By William Mudford. Embellished with Elegant Engravings [including Portraits].
The British Novelists; Comprising Every Work of Acknowledged Merit which is Usually Classed Under the Denomination of Novels. Accompanied with Biographical Sketches of the Authors, and a Critical Preface to Each Work. By William Mudford. Embellished with Elegant Engravings [including Portraits].
William Mudford
Fünf Nächte zu St. Albans
Fünf Nächte zu St. Albans
William Mudford
The Five Nights of St. Albans
The Five Nights of St. Albans
William Mudford
The British Novelists; Comprising Every Work of Acknowledged Merit which is Usually Classed Under the Denomination of Novels. Accompanied with Biographical Sketches of the Authors, and a Critical Preface to Each Work. By William Mudford. Embellished with Elegant Engravings [including Portraits].
The British Novelists; Comprising Every Work of Acknowledged Merit which is Usually Classed Under the Denomination of Novels. Accompanied with Biographical Sketches of the Authors, and a Critical Preface to Each Work. By William Mudford. Embellished with Elegant Engravings [including Portraits].
William Mudford
The British Novelists
The British Novelists
William Mudford
The British Novelists; Comprising Every Work of Acknowledged Merit which is Usually Classed Under the Denomination of Novels. Accompanied with Biographical Sketches of the Authors, and a Critical Preface to Each Work. By William Mudford. Embellished with Elegant Engravings [including Portraits].
The British Novelists; Comprising Every Work of Acknowledged Merit which is Usually Classed Under the Denomination of Novels. Accompanied with Biographical Sketches of the Authors, and a Critical Preface to Each Work. By William Mudford. Embellished with Elegant Engravings [including Portraits].
William Mudford
The British Novelists
The British Novelists
William Mudford
Tales and trifles, from Blackwood's and other popular magazines
Tales and trifles, from Blackwood's and other popular magazines
William Mudford
The British Novelists; Comprising Every Work of Acknowledged Merit which is Usually Classed Under the Denomination of Novels. Accompanied with Biographical Sketches of the Authors, and a Critical Preface to Each Work. By William Mudford. Embellished with Elegant Engravings [including Portraits].
The British Novelists; Comprising Every Work of Acknowledged Merit which is Usually Classed Under the Denomination of Novels. Accompanied with Biographical Sketches of the Authors, and a Critical Preface to Each Work. By William Mudford. Embellished with Elegant Engravings [including Portraits].
William Mudford

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