Lewis Melville
Lewis Saul Benjamin (
pen name,
Lewis Melville; 1874–1932) was an
English author, born into a
Jewish family in
London, England and educated privately in England and Germany. From 1896 to 1901 he was known as an actor, though part of his time even then was devoted to literature.
His publications include:
* ''The Life of
William Makepeace Thackeray'' (two volumes, 1899)
* ''In the World of Mimes: A Theatrical Novel'' (1902)
* ''The Thackeray Country'' (1905)
* ''Victorian Novelists'' (1906)
* ''Bath under Beau Nash'' (1907)
* ''The Beau of the Regency'' (1908)
* ''King
Edward VII: His Life & Reign. The Record of a Noble Career'' (six volumes, 1910; with
Edgar Sanderson)
* ''The Life and Letters of
Laurence Sterne'' (two volumes, 1911; American edition, 1912)
* ''The Life and Letters of
William Cobbett'' (two volumes, 1912; American edition, 1913)
* An edition of
Thackeray's works (twenty volumes, 1901–07)
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