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George R. Sims (1847–1922)

Author of Memoirs of a Mother-in-Law (Alma Classics)

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Includes the names: G.R. Sims, George R Sims, George Robert Sims

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Works by George R. Sims

Memoirs of a Mother-in-Law (Alma Classics) (2014) 11 copies, 1 review
Living London : its work and its play : its humour and its pathos : its sights and its scenes : Edited by G. R. Sims [3… (2015) — Editor, Contributor — 10 copies
Dorcas Dene, Detective: Her Life and Adventures (1986) 9 copies
The Dagonet Reciter (The Dagonet Ballads, The Ballads of Babylon, The Lifeboat and Other Poems) (1909) 6 copies
Edwardian London, Volume 4 (1990) 6 copies
Rogues and Vagabonds (2014) 5 copies
Edwardian London, Volume 2 (1990) 5 copies
The Mysteries of Modern London (2015) 4 copies
Ballads and Poems (Classic Reprint) (2015) 4 copies
Edwardian London, Volume 1 (1990) 4 copies
Prepare to shed them now. The ballads of George R. Sims. Selected and introduced by Arthur Calder-Marshall. [With… (1968) 3 copies
Living London, Vol. III: Its Work and Its Play, Its Humour and Its Pathos, Its Sights and Its Scenes (1903) — Editor, Contributor — 3 copies
How The Poor Live, Horrible London (2016) 3 copies
A Tragic Honeymoon [short story] (1894) 2 copies
Living London, Vol. I: Its Work and Its Play, Its Humour and Its Pathos, Its Sights and Its Scenes (1902) — Editor, Contributor — 2 copies
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Associated Works

The Penguin Book of Victorian Women in Crime: Forgotten Cops and Private Eyes from the Time of Sherlock Holmes (2011) — Contributor — 203 copies, 3 reviews
Detection by Gaslight: 14 Victorian Detective Stories (Dover Thrift Editions) (1997) — Contributor — 187 copies, 3 reviews
Victorian Nightmares (1977) — Contributor — 161 copies, 3 reviews
The Dead Witness: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Detective Stories (2011) — Contributor — 148 copies, 5 reviews
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: A Collection of Victorian Detective Tales (2008) — Contributor — 113 copies, 1 review
Crime On Her Mind: Fifteen Stories of Female Sleuths from the Victorian Era to the Forties (1975) — Contributor — 106 copies, 1 review
The Long Arm of the Law (2017) — Contributor — 95 copies, 7 reviews
The Big Book of Female Detectives (2018) — Contributor — 86 copies, 1 review
The Big Book of Victorian Mysteries (2021) — Contributor — 54 copies, 2 reviews
The Book of Mormon Study Guide: Start to Finish (2015) — Associate editor — 44 copies
In the Shadow of Sherlock Holmes (2011) — Contributor — 26 copies
The Lights o' London and Other Victorian Plays (1995) — Contributor — 25 copies
Into Unknown England, 1866-1913: Selections from the Social Explorers (1976) — Contributor — 23 copies
My First Book (1894) — Contributor — 9 copies, 1 review
Klassieke griezelverhalen (1981) — Contributor — 8 copies
Edwardian London, Volume 3 (1990) — Editor — 7 copies

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Memoirs of a Mother-in-Law (Alma Classics) by George R. Sims
It wasn't terrible but I wouldn't recommend it either. It's not funny so just goes to show how humour changes over time - although Jane Austen is still funny so maybe it's just not funny!.
 
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Leslie S. Klinger
Michael R. Booth
P. J. Keating
Jerome K. Jerome
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Henry Leach Contributor
P. F. William Ryan Contributor
T. W. Wilkinson Contributor
C. Duncan Lucas Contributor
Desmond Young Contributor
Beckles Willson Contributor
Arthur Griffiths Contributor
R. Austin Freeman Contributor
Edwin William Pugh Contributor
Eric Banton Contributor
Hugh B. Philpott Contributor
C. O'Conor Eccles Contributor
Gilbert Burgess Contributor
Arthur B. Moss Contributor
E. Buxton Conway Contributor
Mrs. Aria Contributor
Sheila E. Braine Contributor
Howard Angus Kennedy Contributor
D.L. Woolmer Contributor
J.C. Woollan Contributor
Mrs. BELLOC-LOWNDES Contributor
E. Armfelt Contributor
John Bloundelle-Burton Contributor
Ernest A. Carr Contributor
Charles Welch Contributor
Charles Dudley Contributor
Charles C Turner Contributor
Elizabeth L. Banks Contributor
F.M. HOLMES Contributor
Charles Oliver Contributor
James Barr Contributor
Arthur Rutland Contributor
I. Brooke-Alder Contributor
Clarence Rook Contributor
L.B O'Brien Contributor
Graham Hill Contributor
J. E. Cooper Contributor
William Moyle Contributor
H.O. Tyman Contributor
L. Brindle Contributor
A. Braxton Hicks Contributor
Sidney Dark Contributor
W. Pett Ridge Contributor
Cicely McDonell Contributor
M.Z. Kuttner Contributor
Godefroi Drew Ingall Contributor
E.S. Valentine Contributor
Arthur Morrison Contributor
John Munro Contributor
S. Gelberg Contributor
Henry Scherren Contributor
Wemyss Reid Contributor
Henry Thompson Contributor
A. R. Buckland Contributor
Henry Chance Newton Contributor
John M. Bacon Contributor
Frederick Dolman Contributor
Richard Kearton Contributor
Frances Simpson Contributor
Wilfrid Meynell Contributor
Walter P. Wright Contributor
Arthur Calder Marshall Editor
Henry Charles Moore Contributor
N. Murrell Marris Contributor
Norman Wentworth Contributor
A. E. Johnson Contributor
Alec Roberts Contributor
C. A. Cuthbert Keeson Contributor
Paul Villars Contributor
Alfred F. Robbins Contributor
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