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William Harrison Ainsworth (4 February 1805 – 3 January 1882) was an English historical novelist born at King Street in Manchester. He trained as a lawyer, but the legal profession held no attraction for him.
William Harrison Ainsworth (Mánchester, Inglaterra, 4 de febrero de 1805-Reigate, Inglaterra, 3 de enero de 1882) fue un novelista inglés.
William Harrison Ainsworth was an English author of popular historical romances. Ainsworth initially studied law but left it for literature, publishing his first novel anonymously in 1826. His first success came with the novel Rookwood (1834), featuring the highwayman Dick Turpin, which led many.
Today, Ainsworth, whose narrative style reminds one of Sir Walter Scott 's, is chiefly remembered for popularizing the story of the highwayman Dick Turpin in Rookwood (1834) and the legend of Herne the Hunter in Windsor Castle (1843).
William Harrison Ainsworth (1805-1882) fue un popular escritor británico de novelas históricas, autor de cerca de cuarenta obras. Nacido en Mánchester, cursó estudios de Derecho, que ejerció brevemente antes de dedicarse enteramente a la literatura a partir de 1826, con la publicación de su primera novela.
Jack Sheppard is a novel by William Harrison Ainsworth serially published in Bentley's Miscellany from 1839 to 1840, with illustrations by George Cruikshank. It is a historical romance and a Newgate novel based on the real life of the 18th-century criminal Jack Sheppard.
Rookwood is a novel by William Harrison Ainsworth published in 1834. It is a historical and gothic romance that describes a dispute over the legitimate claim for the inheritance of Rookwood Place and the Rookwood family name.
